Surah Al-Fajr (الفجر) • The Dawn

Quran 89:15

89:15

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

fa-ammā l-insānu idhā mā ib'talāhu rabbuhu fa-akramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqūlu rabbī akramani

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."

— Saheeh International

[The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAnd as for
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
إِذَاidhāwhen
مَاmādoes
ٱبْتَلَىٰهُib'talāhutry him
رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
فَأَكْرَمَهُۥfa-akramahuand is generous to him
وَنَعَّمَهُۥwanaʿʿamahuand favors him
فَيَقُولُfayaqūluhe says
رَبِّىٓrabbīMy Lord
أَكْرَمَنِakramanihas honored me