The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
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وَإِذَا
أَنْعَمْنَا
عَلَى
الْإِنسَانِ
أَعْرَضَ
وَنَأَى
بِجَانِبِهِ
وَإِذَا
مَسَّهُ
الشَّرُّ
كَانَ
يَئُوسًا
wa-ʾidhā ʾanʿamnā ʿalā l-ʾinsāni ʾaʿraḍa wa-naʾā bi-jānibihī wa-ʾidhā massahu sh-sharru kāna yaʾūsan
Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, he turns away and becomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and when evil seizes him he gives himself up to despair!
— Abdullah Yusufali
When We bless man, he is disregardful and turns aside; but when an ill befalls him, he is despondent.
