Quran 39:49

Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 49

Verse 49 of 75 in Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر), chapter 39 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَـٰهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

EnglishSaheeh International
And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.
TamilJan Trust Foundation
மனிதனை ஏதேனும் ஒரு துன்பம் தீண்டுமானால் அவன் நம்மையே (பிரார்த்தித்து) அழைக்கிறான்; பிறகு, நம்மிடமிருந்து அவனுக்கு ஒரு பாக்கியத்தைக் கொடுத்தோமானால்; அவன்; "இது எனக்குக் கொடுக்கப்பட்டதெல்லாம், என் அறிவின் காரணமாகத்தான்!" என்று கூறுகின்றான். அப்படியல்ல! இது ஒரு சோதனையே - ஆனால் அவர்களில் பெரும் பாலோர் (இதை) அறியமாட்டார்கள்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
මිනිසාට යම් හානියක් ස්පර්ශ වූ විට ඔහු අපට කන්නලව් කරයි. පසුව අපගෙන් වූ දයාවක් අපි ඔහුට පිරිනැමූ විට, “නියත වශයෙන් ම එය මට දෙනු ලැබුවේ (මාගේ) දැනුම අනුවය” යැයි පවසයි. නැත, එය පරීක්ෂණයකි. එහෙත් ඔවුන්ගෙන් බහුතරයක් දෙනා (ඒ බව) නො දනිති.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
انسان کو جب کوئی تکلیف پہنچتی ہے تو ہمیں پکارنے لگتا ہے ، پھر جب ہم اسے اپنی طرف سے کوئی نعمت عطا فرمادیں تو کہنے لگتا ہے کہ اسے تو میں محض اپنے علم کی وجہ سے دیا گیا ہوں، بلکہ یہ آزمائش ہے لیکن ان میں سے اکثر لوگ بے علم ہیں.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
人は災厄に会うとわれに祈る。だがわれがそれを恩恵に変えると,「本当に,自分の知識によるものであった」と言う。いや,これも一つの試みである。だがかれらの多くは理解しない。
ChineseMa Jian
人遭患难时,就祈祷我;一旦我把我的恩惠赏赐他,他便说:我获得这恩惠,只因我有特殊的知识罢了。不然!那是一种试验,但他们大半不知道。

Tafsir of 39:49

How Man changes when He is blessed after suffering Harm Allah tells us how man, when he is suffering from harm, prays to Allah, turning to Him in repentance and calling upon Him, but when He makes things easy for him, he transgresses and commits sins. إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُ عَلَى عِلْمٍ (Only because of knowledge I obtained it.) means, `because Allah knows that I deserve it; if it were not for the fact that Allah regards me as special, He would not have given me this.' Qatadah said, "Because I know that I deserve it." Allah says: بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌ (Nay, it is only a trial,) meaning, `the matter is not as he claims; on the contrary, We have blessed him with this as a test to see whether he will be obedient or disobedient -- although We have prior knowledge of that.' In fact, it is a trial. وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ (but most of them know not!) So they say what they say and claim what they claim. قَدْ قَالَهَا الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ (Verily, those before them said it,) means, the previous nations who came before said the same things and made the same claims, فَمَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُواْ يَكْسِبُونَ (yet (all) that they had earned availed them not.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Quran 39:49 — Surah Az-Zumar Verse 49