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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Isra 17:83

Word by word

وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

And when We bestow favor upon man [i.e., the disbeliever], he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وإذا أنعمنا على الإنسان من حيث هو بمال وعافية ونحوهما، تولَّى وتباعد عن طاعة ربه، وإذا أصابته شدة مِن فقر أو مرض كان قنوطًا؛ لأنه لا يثق بفضل الله تعالى، إلا من عصم الله في حالتي سرَّائه وضرَّائه.

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