سورة الإسرَاء
Surah Al-Isrâ’ 17:83
The Night-Journey · Verse 83 of 111
وَإِذَا أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأَىٰ بِجَانِبِهِ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ يَئُوسًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
And when We bestow favours on a human being, he turns away and withdraws himself aside, but when evil overtakes him he is given to despair.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, he turns away and becomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and when evil seizes him he gives himself up to despair!
Ahmed Ali
When We are gracious to man he turns away and moves aside; yet when evil befalls him he begins to despair.
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Ali Unal
When We favor human (an ungrateful one) with comfort and contentment, he draws aside and arrogantly keeps aloof (from any thought of Us), but when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.
Daryabadi
And when We show favour unto he turneth away and withdraweth on his side; and when evil toucheth him he is ever despairing.
Faridul Haque
And when We bestow favours upon man, he turns away and goes far away towards himself; and when evil touches him he despairs.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when We bestow favours on man, he turns away and behaves proudly; and when evil afflicts him, he is in despair.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And when WE bestow favour on man, he turns away and goes aside; and when evil touches him, he gives himself up to despair.
Muhammad Asad
for [it often happens that] when We bestow Our blessings upon man, he turns away and arrogantly keeps aloof [from any thought of Us]; and when evil fortune touches him, "he abandons all hope.
Muhammad Musin Khan
And when We bestow Our Grace on man (the disbeliever), he turns away and becomes arrogant, far away from the Right Path. And when evil touches him he is in great despair.
Muhammad Pickthall
And when We make life pleasant unto man, he turneth away and is averse; and when ill toucheth him he is in despair.
Muhammad Sarwar
When We do favors to the human being, he disregards it and turns away from it. When evil afflicts him, he becomes despairing.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And when We bestow favor on man, he turns aside and behaves proudly, and when evil afflicts him, he is despairing.
Rashad Khalifa
When we bless the human being, he becomes preoccupied and heedless. But when adversity strikes him, he turns despondent.
Shabbir Ahmed
People without higher objectives easily exult and turn away when Our laws make life pleasant for them. And they quickly despair when a hardship touches them.
Commentary 17:83 “When We bestow favours on a human being, he turns away” that is, the favours make him forgetful of the Source of these favours. The human nature tends…
وَإِذَا أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْإِنسَانِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأَىٰ بِجَانِبِهِ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ يَئُوسًا
17:83 “When We bestow favours on a human being, he turns away” that is, the favours make him forgetful of the Source of these favours. The human nature tends to be ungrateful.