سُوْرَةُ الْفَجْرِ
Surah Al-Fajr (89) — Ayah 15
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ﴿15﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَأَمَّا
fa-ammā
And as for
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ
l-insānu
man
إِذَا
idhā
when
مَا
mā
does
ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ
ib'talāhu
try him
رَبُّهُۥ
rabbuhu
his Lord
فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ
fa-akramahu
and is generous to him
وَنَعَّمَهُۥ
wanaʿʿamahu
and favors him
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqūlu
he says
رَبِّىٓ
rabbī
My Lord
أَكْرَمَنِ
akramani
has honored me
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 15 to 20){ فَاَمَّا الْاِنْسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰىهُ …:} According to the deniers of the Resurrection, since everything is just this world, their belief is that whoever is prosperous in the world, Allah is pleased with him, and whoever is in hardship, Allah is displeased with him. It is said that this is absolutely not correct; you have just heard the stories of Pharaoh and other people—remember their prosperity and then the punishment that befell them, and you will understand that worldly prosperity or adversity is a test from Allah: the disbeliever fails by becoming rebellious in prosperity and complaining and ungrateful in hardship, while the believer succeeds by being grateful in blessings and patient in adversity. Your condition is such that instead of being grateful for the blessing of prosperity and spending on the deserving as a form of gratitude, you do not even treat the orphan with respect, or if you do not feed the needy, you do not even encourage others to do so. You even seize the inheritance that you received without effort, and instead of being content with your share while thanking the Giver, you grab it all. The reality is that you love wealth instead of the Giver of wealth, and you do so excessively.
