| وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَاهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَئُوسٌ كَفُورٌ |
| Asad | : | And thus it is: if We let man taste some of Our grace,16 and then take it away from him - behold, he abandons all hope,17 forgetting all gratitude [for Our past favours]. |
| Malik | : | If We let man taste any mercy from Us, then withdraw it from him, he becomes despairing, ungrateful. |
| Mustafa Khattab | : | If We give people a taste of Our mercy then take it away from them, they become utterly desperate, ungrateful. |
| Pickthall | : | And if We cause man to taste some mercy from Us and afterward withdraw it from him, lo! he is despairing, thankless. |
| 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. 1506 |
| Transliteration | : | Walain athaqna alinsana minna rahmatan thumma nazaAAnaha minhu innahu layaoosun kafoorun |
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The sequence makes it clear that the generic term "man" referred to in this and the next verse applies, primarily, to the agnostics who are either unconvinced of the existence of God or are "bent upon denying the truth"; in its wider implication, however, it applies also to those who, while believing in God, are weak in faith and therefore easily swayed by external circumstances, and particularly by whatever happens to themselves. |
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Lit., "he is [or "becomes"] utterly hopeless" or "despairing" (ya'us), inasmuch as he attributes his past happy state to a merely accidental chain of causes and effects - in short, to what is commonly regarded as "luck" - and not to God's grace. Hence, the term ya'us, in its Qur'anic usage, is indicative of spiritual nihilism. |
