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Surah Hûd 11:9
Hûd · Verse 9 of 123
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَاهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَئُوسٌ كَفُورٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And if We bestow upon a human being mercy from Us and then withdraw it from him, he is totally despairing (and) completely ungrateful.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If We give man a taste of Mercy from Ourselves, and then withdraw it from him, behold! he is in despair and (falls into) blasphemy.
Ahmed Ali
If We allow man to enjoy Our favours, and then take them away from him, he becomes despondent and ungrateful.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
If We let human taste some mercy from Us, and then take it away from him, he becomes hopeless, and thankless (forgetting all Our favors to him).
Daryabadi
And if We let man taste mercy from us, and thereafter withdraw it from him, verily he is despairing, blaspheming.
Faridul Haque
And if We bestow man the enjoyment of some mercy from Us and later withdraw it from him; surely he is most despairing, ungrateful.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if We make man taste mercy from Us, then withdraw it from him, he is surely despairing, ungrateful.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And if WE make man taste of mercy from US, and then take it away from him, verily he is despairing, ungrateful.
Muhammad Asad
And thus it is: if We let man taste some of Our grace, and then take it away from him - behold, he abandons all hope, forgetting all gratitude [for Our past favours].
Muhammad Musin Khan
And if We give man a taste of Mercy from Us, and then withdraw it from him, verily! He is despairing, ungrateful.
Muhammad Pickthall
And if we cause man to taste some mercy from Us and afterward withdraw it from him, lo! he is despairing, thankless.
Muhammad Sarwar
We grant a favor to the human being and then take it away from him. He becomes despairing and ungrateful.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And if We make man taste mercy from Us, then take it off from him, most surely he is despairing, ungrateful.
Rashad Khalifa
Whenever we bless the human being with mercy from us, then remove it, he turns despondent, unappreciative.
Shabbir Ahmed
Thus it is: If We let the human being taste some of Our grace, and then take it away from him, he abandons all hope, forgetting all gratitude.
Commentary 11:9 Ya’ûsيَئُوسٌ is from ya’isa يئسَ, meaning to despair or give up hope. The verse says that the true believers never give up hope; only those who are weak…
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَاهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَئُوسٌ كَفُورٌ
11:9 Ya’ûsيَئُوسٌ is from ya’isa يئسَ, meaning to despair or give up hope. The verse says that the true believers never give up hope; only those who are weak in belief despair. The Prophets of Allâh never despaired. We read in 12:84-87, “He (Jacob) turned away from them and said, ‘O my grief for Joseph!’, and his eyes were drowned with tears of grief and he was suppressing his sorrow. Then Jacob said, I complain of my anguish and my sorrow to none but Allâh. He then said to his sons, Do not despair of Allâh’s soothing mercy, none but people who deny (the truth) lose hope of Allâh’s soothing mercy.”