Surah Zumar ayat 8 Tafsir Quran 39:8

﴿۞ وَإِذَا مَسَّ الْإِنسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُ مُنِيبًا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِيَ مَا كَانَ يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ۚ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا ۖ إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ﴾
[ الزمر: 8]

39:8 And when adversity touches man, he calls upon his Lord, turning to Him [alone]; then when He bestows on him a favor from Himself, he forgets Him whom he called upon before, and he attributes to Allah equals to mislead [people] from His way. Say, "Enjoy your disbelief for a little; indeed, you are of the companions of the Fire."

And when distress befalls a person that is the disbeliever he supplicates his Lord he implores turning returning to Him penitently. Then when He bestows on him a grace from Himself he forgets he neglects Him Whom he had supplicated implored before namely God in other words mā functions as min ‘whom’ and sets up equals associates with God that he may lead others astray read li-yadilla or li-yudilla from His way — from the religion of Islam. Say ‘Revel in your ingratitude for a while — for the remainder of your term of life. You shall indeed be among the inhabitants of the Fire’.

And when man is touched or befallen with a misfortune or wedded to a calamity he invokes Allah, his Creator, turning to Him exclusively. And when He extends to Him His mercy and grace and delivers him from what is burdensome and exhaustive to the mind he forgets and passes heedless of Allah as though he never invoked Him for relief not long ago; he sets up to Him rivals and incorporates with Him other deities to mislead people from His path of righteousness. Say to them O Muhammad: Enjoy your infidelity for a while, the pleasure you derive from falsehood is short lived and rest assured that you shall be among those destined to the abode in Hell

(39:8) When any affliction befalls man, *23 he cries out to his Lord, penitently turning to Him. *24 But when his Lord bestows His favour upon him, he forgets the affliction regarding which he had cried out *25 and sets up compeers to Allah *26 that they may lead others astray from His Path. *27 Say, (O Prophet): 'Enjoy your unbelief for a while. Surely you will be among the inmates of the Fire.'

And when adversity touches man, he calls meaning

*23) " The man ": the disbeliever who adopted the way of ingratitude.

*24) That is, " At that time he dces not remember those other deities whom he used to invoke in good times; but he despairs of them all and turns only to Allah, Lord of the worlds. " This is a clear proof of the fact that in the depths of his heart he has the feeling that all other deities are helpless, and the realization that Allah alone is the Possessor of all powers and authority, lies buried and hidden deep in his mind.
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*25) That is, "He again forgets the bad times when abandoning all other deities he was invoking only Allah, the One."
*26) That is, "He again starts serving others: he obeys them, prays to them and makes offerings before them."
*27) That is, "He is not content with his own self having gone astray, but also leads others astray, telling them that the affliction which had befallen him, had been averted by the help of such and such a pious man or saint, or god and goddess." Thus, many other people also put their faith in these deities besides Allah, and are further misled as the ignorant and foolish people describe their experiences before them.

 

( And when some hurt ) hardship and trial ( toucheth man ) the disbelieving man, i.e. Abu Jahl and his host, ( he crieth unto his Lord ) to lift away the hardship and trial, ( turning unto Him ) with prayers. ( Then, when He grants him ) then, when He changes into ( a boon from Him he forgeteth that for which he cried unto Him before ) before the blessing, ( and setteth up rivals ) and equals ( to Allah that he may beguile (men ) from His way) from His religion and obedience. ( Say ) to Abu Jahl: ( Take pleasure in thy disbelief ) dwell in your disbelief ( a while ) a little in the life of this world. ( Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire ) you are of the inhabitants of the Fire.

And when some hurt touches man, he cries to his Lord (Allah Alone), turning to Him in repentance, but when He bestows a favour upon him from Himself, he forgets that for which he cried for before, and he sets up rivals to Allah, in order to mislead others from His Path. Say: "Take pleasure in your disbelief for a while: surely, you are (one) of the dwellers of the Fire!"

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