The Holy Quran 39:8 — Surah Az-Zumar

Arabic text

۞ وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُۥ مُنِيبًا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُۥ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِىَ مَا كَانَ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۚ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلنَّارِ

Translation

When any adversity afflicts man (the Kaafir), he supplicates to Allaah (for help), turning to Him only (knowing that only Allaah and no other god has the ability to assist). Then, when Allaah confers (bestows) a bounty upon him (by alleviating the difficulty), he forgets for what he supplicated to Allaah before. He then ascribes partners to Allaah, thereby misleading (others) from Allaah's path. Say, "Enjoy your kufr for a while (for as long as you live)! You will certainly be from the inmates (dwellers) of the Fire (once you leave this world)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The state of man’s ingratitude: that is, man’s condition is strange: when misfortune strikes, he remembers Us, for he sees that there is no one [else] to remove the misfortune. Then, as soon as by Allah’s kindness he is granted a little ease and comfort, he immediately forgets his former condition for which he was calling upon Us only a moment ago.

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