The Holy Quran 10:12 — Surah Yunus

Arabic text

وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ٱلضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنۢبِهِۦٓ أَوْ قَاعِدًا أَوْ قَآئِمًا فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ ضُرَّهُۥ مَرَّ كَأَن لَّمْ يَدْعُنَآ إِلَىٰ ضُرٍّ مَّسَّهُۥ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Translation

When any hardship afflicts man (a Kaafir), he prays to Us (to remove the hardship, whether he is) lying down, sitting or standing. (However,) When We remove the hardship from him, he continues (committing kufr) as if he had never prayed to Us for the (removal of the) hardship that afflicted him. In this manner (just as it appeals to the Kaafir to pray to Allaah only during times of hardship, similarly) the (evil) actions of those who overstep the limits (set by Allaah) are made appealing to them (causing them to fall deeper into sin).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Man's brazenness and heedlessness: that is, man at first brazenly demands punishment himself and asks for evil with his own tongue. But he is so weak and feeble that the moment the slightest hardship touches him, he begins to call on Us in panic. As long as the affliction lasts, he keeps calling on Allah in every state – standing, sitting, lying down.

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