وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அன்றியும், மனிதனுக்கு நாம் அருள் புரிந்தால் அவன் (நன்றியுணர்வின்றி) நம்மைப் புறக்கணித்து, விலகிச் செல்கிறான் - ஆனால் அவனை ஒரு கெடுதி தீண்டினால் நீண்ட பிரார்த்தனை செய்(பவனா)கின்றான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද අපි මිනිසාට ආශිර්වාද කළ විට ඔහු එය පිටුපා වෙනත් දෙසකට හැරී (දුරස් වී) යයි. තවද ඔහුට නපුර ස්පර්ශ වූ විට ඔහු අධික ලෙස ප්රාර්ථනා කරන අයෙකු වෙයි.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور جب ہم انسان پر اپنا انعام کرتے ہیں تو وه منھ پھیر لیتا ہے اور کناره کش ہوجاتا ہے اور جب اسے مصیبت پڑتی ہے تو بڑی لمبی چوڑی دعائیں کرنے واﻻ بن جاتا ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われが人間に恩恵を示せば，かれは脇を向いて，（われに近付かず反って）退き去る。だが一度災厄に会えば長々と十分に祈る。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 当我施恩于人的时候，他忘恩而自大；当他遭遇祸患的时候，他祈祷不绝。
Tafsir of 41:51
Man is fickle when Ease comes to Him after Difficulty Allah tells us that man never gets bored of asking his Lord for good things, such as wealth, physical health, etc., but if evil touches him -- i.e., trials and difficulties or poverty -- فَيَئُوسٌ قَنُوطٌ (then he gives up all hope and is lost in despair.), i.e., he thinks that he will never experience anything good again. وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا مِن بَعْدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَذَا لِى (And truly, if We give him a taste of mercy from Us, after some adversity has touched him, he is sure to say: "This is due to my (merit)...") means, if something good happens to him or some provision comes to him after a period of difficulty, he says, `this is because of me, because I deserve this from my Lord.' وَمَآ أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً (I think not that the Hour will be established.) means, he does not believe that the Hour will come. So when he is given some blessing, he becomes careless, arrogant and ungrateful, as Allah says: كَلاَّ إِنَّ الإِنسَنَ لَيَطْغَى - أَن رَّءَاهُ اسْتَغْنَى (Nay! Verily, man does transgress.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
