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Quran 41:49

Surah Fussilat, Verse 49

Juz 25 · Page 482 · Ruku 418 · Meccan

لَّا يَسْـَٔمُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِن دُعَآءِ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَإِن مَّسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَيَـُٔوسٌ قَنُوطٌ

Word by word

لَّا lā (Does) not يَسْـَٔمُ yasamu get tired ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ l-insānu man مِن min of دُعَآءِ duʿāi praying ٱلْخَيْرِ l-khayri (for) the good وَإِن wa-in but if مَّسَّهُ massahu touches him ٱلشَّرُّ l-sharu the evil فَيَـُٔوسٌۭ fayaūsun then he gives up hope قَنُوطٌۭ qanūṭun (and) despairs

Transliteration

La yas-amu al-insanu min duAAa-ialkhayri wa-in massahu ashsharru fayaoosun qanoot

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Man tireth not of praying for good, and if ill toucheth him, then he is disheartened, desperate.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Man does not weary of asking for good (things), but if ill touches him, he gives up all hope (and) is lost in despair.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى لا يمل الإنسان من دعاء ربه بالخير وهو المال وصحة الجسم وغير ذلك وإن مسه الشر وهو البلاء أو الفقر "فيئوس قنوط" أي يقع في ذهنه أنه لا يتهيأ له بعد هذا خير.

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.