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Quran-41:49 Surah Fussilat English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

Transliteration:( Laa yas'amul insaanu min du'aaa'il khairi wa im massa hush sharru fa ya'oosun qanoot )

49. A human being does not try (135) in praying for good. but if any evil touches him, then he loses hope, becoming full of despair (136)

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Surah Fussilat Ayat 49 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

135. Here the word MAN denotes an infidel and the word good refers to worldly possessions like health wealth children etc.

This means the infidel is greedy about the world. It is bilever satisfied about the wealth of this world His desires about the world are never satisfied Pessions of the world are said to be good for the purpose of outer credence, otherwise all these the aft evil to them.

136 By evil is meant hardships of the world, an infidel loses hope quickly from Ailah Almighty when faced with hardships. It is for this reason that he resorts to committing suicide. A believer, on the other hand, always relies on Allah Almighty. The commentary of this verse is the following verse "No doubt none despair of the mercy of Allah, hut a people disbelieving" (512 V87).

Ibn-Kathir

49. Man does not get tired of asking for good; but if an evil touches him, then he gives up all hope and is lost in despair. 50. And truly, if We give him a taste of mercy from Us, after some adversity has touched him, he is sure to say: “This is due to my (merit); I think not that the Hour will be established. But if I am brought back to my Lord, surely there will be for me the best with Him. “Then, We verily will show to the disbelievers what they have done, and We shall make them taste a severe torment. 51. And when We show favor to man, he turns away and becomes arrogant; but when evil touches him, then he has recourse to long supplications.

Man is fickle when Ease comes to Him after Difficulty

Allah tells us that man never gets bored of asking his Lord for good things, such as wealth, physical health, etc., but if evil touches him — i.e., trials and difficulties or poverty —

﴿فَيَئُوسٌ قَنُوطٌ﴾

(then he gives up all hope and is lost in despair.), i.e., he thinks that he will never experience anything good again.

﴿وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَـهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنَّا مِن بَعْدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ هَـذَا لِى﴾

(And truly, if We give him a taste of mercy from Us, after some adversity has touched him, he is sure to say: “This is due to my (merit)…”) means, if something good happens to him or some provision comes to him after a period of difficulty, he says, `this is because of me, because I deserve this from my Lord.’

﴿وَمَآ أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً﴾

(I think not that the Hour will be established.) means, he does not believe that the Hour will come. So when he is given some blessing, he becomes careless, arrogant and ungrateful, as Allah says:

﴿كَلاَّ إِنَّ الإِنسَـنَ لَيَطْغَى – أَن رَّءَاهُ اسْتَغْنَى ﴾

(Nay! Verily, man does transgress. Because he considers himself self-sufficient.) (96:6)

﴿وَلَئِن رُّجِّعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّى إِنَّ لِى عِندَهُ لَلْحُسْنَى﴾

(But if I am brought back to my Lord, surely there will be for me the best with Him.) means, `if there is a Hereafter after all, then my Lord will be generous and kind to me just as He was in this world.’ So he expects Allah to do him favors in spite of his bad deeds and lack of certain faith. Allah says:

﴿فَلَنُنَبِّئَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِمَا عَمِلُواْ وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِّنْ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ﴾

(Then, We verily will show to the disbelievers what they have done, and We shall make them taste a severe torment.) Thus Allah threatens punishment and vengeance to those whose conduct and belief is like that.

﴿وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الإنْسَـنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَأَى بِجَانِبِهِ﴾

(And when We show favor to man, he turns away and becomes arrogant;) means, he turns away from doing acts of obedience and is too proud to obey the commands of Allah. This is like the Ayah:

﴿فَتَوَلَّى بِرُكْنِهِ﴾

(But ï´¿Fir`awnï´¾ turned away along with his hosts) (51:39).

﴿وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ﴾

(but when evil touches him,) means, difficulties,

﴿فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ﴾

(then he has recourse to long supplications.) means, he asks at length for one thing. Long supplications are those which are long on words and short on meaning. The opposite is concise speech which is brief but full of meaning. And Allah says:

﴿وَإِذَا مَسَّ الإِنسَـنَ الضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنبِهِ أَوْ قَاعِدًا أَوْ قَآئِمًا فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ ضُرَّهُ مَرَّ كَأَن لَّمْ يَدْعُنَآ إِلَى ضُرٍّ مَّسَّهُ﴾

(And when harm touches man, he invokes Us, lying on his side, or sitting or standing. But when We have removed his harm from him, he passes on as if he had never invoked Us for a harm that touched him!) (10:12)

(41:49) Man wearies not of praying for good,[65] but when evil visits him, he despairs and gives up all hope.

65. “For good”: For prosperity, abundance of provisions, good health, well-being of children, etc. And man here does not imply every human being for it also includes the prophet and the righteous people, who are free from this weakness as is being mentioned below. But here it implies the mean and shallow person who starts imploring God humbly when touched by harm and is beside himself with joy when he receives the good things of life as most human beings are involved in this weakness, it has been called a weakness of man.

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