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Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 15

سورة الفجر، الآية ١٥

89:15 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 593 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 89:15

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ۝١٥

Transliteration

fa-ammā l-insānu idhā mā ib'talāhu rabbuhu fa-akramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqūlu rabbī akramani

Translation

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."1918

Notes

[1918] He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.

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Verse 15 of Surah Al-Fajr (89:15), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 593 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 15

Al-Mukhtasar

Because the nations Allah destroyed were blessed with power and strength, Allah explains that blessing them with such is not proof of His being pleased with them. He says: As for the human, it is in his nature that when he is tested by his Lord and He favours him by blessing him with wealth, honour and offspring, he thinks that it is because of his nobility in the eyes of Allah. He says: “My Lord has favoured me because of me being worthy of being favoured.”

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Other translations of verse 15

As for man, when he is tested by his Lord by honoring him and bestowing blessings upon him, he says, “My Lord has [deservedly] honored me5!”

Notes

[5] Instead of being grateful, he is proud, attributing the favor to his own merit.

As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."

As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.

Then, as for man, just when his Lord tries him, so He honors him, and showers His favors on him, then he says, "My Lord has honored me."

Verse 15 word by word

  1. فَأَمَّا fa-ammā And as for
  2. ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ l-insānu man أ ن س
  3. إِذَا idhā when
  4. مَا mā does
  5. ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ ib'talāhu try him ب ل و
  6. رَبُّهُۥ rabbuhu his Lord ر ب ب
  7. فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ fa-akramahu and is generous to him ك ر م
  8. وَنَعَّمَهُۥ wanaʿʿamahu and favors him ن ع م
  9. فَيَقُولُ fayaqūlu he says ق و ل
  10. رَبِّىٓ rabbī My Lord ر ب ب
  11. أَكْرَمَنِ akramani has honored me ك ر م

Hadiths that cite this verse

One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.

Verses related to verse 15

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • As-Saffat 37:24

    وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

    And stop them; indeed, they are to be questioned."

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