The Holy Quran 30:49 — Surah Ar-Rum

Arabic text

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمُبْلِسِينَ

Translation

...even though, before it was sent to them, they were despondent (they had lost hope of ever receiving rain). (The falling of rain mentioned in this verse may also refer to spiritual revival.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, people had long been losing hope, so much so that even shortly before the rain came they had no hope that it would pour down [so abundantly, as though] a world-wide deluge [had come]. Strange is the state of man: in a short while he sits in despair, and then in a short while he bursts into joy.

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