The Quran

سورة الفَجر

Surah Al-Fajr 89:16

The Dawn · Verse 16 of 30

وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And when He disciplines him (with affliction) and (thus) straitens for him his (means of) subsistence, he says, `My Lord has (for no reason) disgraced me.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!î

Ahmed Ali

But when He tries him by restraining his means, he says: "My Lord despises me."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

But whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, then he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

Daryabadi

And when He proveth him, and so stinteth Unto him his provision, he saith: ´my Lord hath despised me.

Faridul Haque

And if He tests him and restricts his livelihood – thereupon he says, “My Lord has degraded me!”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

But when He tries him, then straitens to him his subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

Maulvi Sher Ali

But when HE tries and straitens for him his means of subsistence, he says, `My Lord has disgraced me.'

Muhammad Asad

whereas, whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Sustainer has disgraced me!"

Muhammad Musin Khan

But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"

Muhammad Pickthall

But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

Muhammad Sarwar

However, when his Lord tests him by a measured amount of sustenance , he says, "God has disgraced me".

Muhammed ali Shakir

But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

Rashad Khalifa

But if He tests him through reduction in provisions, he says, "My Lord is humiliating me!"

Shabbir Ahmed

But when He lets his life take a turn by restricting his provision, he says, “My Lord has disgraced me.”

Commentary 89:16 the source of “disgrace” (ابْتَلَاهُ) is not the Lord, but the human actions, as verse that follows explains. The punishment in the form of disgrace is…

وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

89:16 the source of “disgrace” (ابْتَلَاهُ) is not the Lord, but the human actions, as verse that follows explains. The punishment in the form of disgrace is the result of evil deeds (cf. 2:81)