Surah Yunus 10:12 — translation and meaning

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ۚ وَإِذَا مَسَّ الْإِنسَانَ الضُّرُّ دَعَانَا لِجَنبِهِ أَوْ قَاعِدًا أَوْ قَائِمًا فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُ ضُرَّهُ مَرَّ كَأَن لَّمْ يَدْعُنَا إِلَى ضُرٍّ مَّسَّهُ كَذَلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
مَسَّ
massa
touches
الْإِنسَانَ
al-insana
the man
الضُّرُّ
al-duru
the affliction
دَعَانَا
da'ana
he calls Us
لِجَنبِهِ
lijanbihi
(lying) on his side
أَوْ
aw
or
قَاعِدًا
qa'idan
sitting
أَوْ
aw
or
قَائِمًا
qaiman
standing
فَلَمَّا
falamma
But when
كَشَفْنَا
kashafna
We remove
عَنْهُ
anhu
from him
ضُرَّهُ
durrahu
his affliction
مَرَّ
marra
he passes on
كَأَن
ka-an
as if he
لَّمْ
lam
(had) not
يَدْعُنَا
yad'una
called Us
إِلَى
ila
for
ضُرٍّ
durrin
(the) affliction
مَّسَّهُ
massahu
(that) touched him
كَذَلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
زُيِّنَ
zuyyina
(it) is made fair seeming
لِلْمُسْرِفِينَ
lil'mus'rifina
to the extravagant
مَا
ma
what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
do

Transliteration

Wa izaa massal insaanad durru da'aanaa lijambiheee aw qaa'idan aw qaaa'iman falammaa kashafnaa 'anhu durrahoo marra ka al lam yad'unaaa ilaa durrim massah; kazaalika zuyyina lilmusrifeena maa kaanoo ya'maloon

Translation

And when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When those who transgress suffer from an illness or misfortune, they call on Allah, humbling themselves and invoking Him, lying on their sides, or sitting or standing, wanting Him to remove the misfortune from them; but when Allah answers their prayers, removing their suffering, they continue doing what they had been doing before, as if they had never called on Allah to remove their misfortune. Just as continuing in their error is made to look attractive to them, the disbelief and disobedience of the person who oversteps the limits is made to look attractive to them, so they do not give it up.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"And when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying…" — Yunus 10:12