وَإِذَا
مَسَّ
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
ٱلضُّرُّ
دَعَانَا
لِجَنۢبِهِۦٓ
أَوۡ
قَاعِدًا
أَوۡ
قَآئِمٗا
فَلَمَّا
كَشَفۡنَا
عَنۡهُ
ضُرَّهُۥ
مَرَّ
كَأَن
لَّمۡ
يَدۡعُنَآ
إِلَىٰ
ضُرّٖ
مَّسَّهُۥۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
زُيِّنَ
لِلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ
مَا
كَانُواْ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
١٢
Whenever someone is touched by hardship, they cry out to Us, whether lying on their side, sitting, or standing. But when We relieve their hardship, they return to their old ways as if they had never cried to Us to remove any hardship! This is how the misdeeds of the transgressors have been made appealing to them.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing.
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Man remembers Allah at Times of Adversity and forgets Him at Times of Prosperity
Allah tells us about man and how he becomes annoyed and worried when he is touched with distress.
وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ
(but when evil touches him, then he has recourse to long supplications.)41:5
…Man remembers Allah at Times of Adversity and forgets Him at Times of Prosperity
Allah tells us about man and how he becomes annoyed and worried when h
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