ٱلرُّوم : ٣٦

  • وَإِذَآ And when
  • أَذَقۡنَا We cause men to taste
  • ٱلنَّاسَ We cause men to taste
  • رَحۡمَةٗ mercy
  • فَرِحُواْ they rejoice
  • بِهَاۖ therein
  • وَإِن But if
  • تُصِبۡهُمۡ afflicts them
  • سَيِّئَةُۢ an evil
  • بِمَا for what
  • قَدَّمَتۡ have sent forth
  • أَيۡدِيهِمۡ their hands
  • إِذَا behold
  • هُمۡ They
  • يَقۡنَطُونَ despair
And when We let the people taste mercy, they rejoice therein, but if evil afflicts them for what their hands have put forth, immediately they despair.
And when We let people, that is, [people such as] the disbelievers of Mecca and others, taste some mercy, some grace, they exult in it, an exultation of arrogance. But if some evil, some hardship, befalls them for what their own hands have sent ahead, behold! they despair, of mercy. It is in the nature of a believer to give thanks in times of grace and to hope [for mercy] from his Lord in times of hardship.