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Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 33

سورة الروم، الآية ٣٣

30:33 Juz 21 Hizb 41 Page 408 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 30:33

وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلنَّاسَ ضُرٌّ دَعَوْا۟ رَبَّهُم مُّنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَذَاقَهُم مِّنْهُ رَحْمَةً إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ ۝٣٣

Transliteration

wa-idhā massa l-nāsa ḍurrun daʿaw rabbahum munībīna ilayhi thumma idhā adhāqahum min'hu raḥmatan idhā farīqun min'hum birabbihim yush'rikūna

Translation

And when adversity touches the people, they call upon their Lord, turning in repentance to Him. Then when He lets them taste mercy from Him, at once a party of them associate others with their Lord,

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Verse 33 of Surah Ar-Rum (30:33), a Meccan surah, is in juz 21, on page 408 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 33

Al-Mukhtasar

When the idolaters are afflicted by a difficulty i.e. poverty, drought, they supplicate only to their Lord, may He be glorified, returning to Him humbling themselves and seeking refuge in Him to remove the affliction from them. Then, when He shows them mercy by removing whatever afflicted them, they return to their ways of idolatry by supplicating to others along with Him.

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Other translations of verse 33

When people are afflicted with hardship, they cry out to their Lord, turning to Him penitently. But as soon as He gives them a taste of His mercy, some of them associate partners with their Lord,

And when harm touches men, they cry sincerely only to their Lord (Allâh), turning to Him in repentance; but when He gives them a taste of His Mercy, behold, a party of them associates partners in worship with their Lord.

And when harm toucheth men they cry unto their Lord, turning to Him in repentance; then, when they have tasted of His mercy, behold! some of them attribute partners to their Lord

When trouble touches men, they cry to their Lord, turning back to Him in repentance: but when He gives them a taste of Mercy as from Himself, behold, some of them pay part-worship to other god's besides their Lord,-

And when harm afflicts men, they call upon their Lord, turning to Him, then when He makes them taste of mercy from Him, lo! some of them begin to associate (others) with their Lord,

And when adversity touches mankind, they invoke their Lord, turning penitent to Him. Thereafter when He makes them taste mercy from Him, only then do a group of them associate (others) with their Lord.

Verse 33 word by word

  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. مَسَّ massa touches م س س
  3. ٱلنَّاسَ l-nāsa people أ ن س
  4. ضُرٌّ ḍurrun hardship ض ر ر
  5. دَعَوْا۟ daʿaw they call د ع و
  6. رَبَّهُم rabbahum their Lord ر ب ب
  7. مُّنِيبِينَ munībīna turning ن و ب
  8. إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to Him
  9. ثُمَّ thumma Then
  10. إِذَآ idhā when
  11. أَذَاقَهُم adhāqahum He causes them to taste ذ و ق
  12. مِّنْهُ min'hu from Him
  13. رَحْمَةً raḥmatan Mercy ر ح م
  14. إِذَا idhā behold
  15. فَرِيقٌ farīqun A party ف ر ق
  16. مِّنْهُم min'hum of them
  17. بِرَبِّهِمْ birabbihim with their Lord ر ب ب
  18. يُشْرِكُونَ yush'rikūna associate partners ش ر ك

Verses related to verse 33

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Hud 11:10–11

    وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَٰهُ نَعْمَآءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُ عَنِّىٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَفَرِحٌ فَخُورٌ …

    But if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, "Bad times have left me." Indeed, he is exultant and boastful - …

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