سُوْرَةُ الْفَجْرِ
Surah Al-Fajr (89) — Ayah 16
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ ﴿16﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأَمَّآ
wa-ammā
But
إِذَا
idhā
when
مَا
mā
does
ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ
ib'talāhu
He try him
فَقَدَرَ
faqadara
and restricts
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
for him
رِزْقَهُۥ
riz'qahu
his provision
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqūlu
then he says
رَبِّىٓ
rabbī
My Lord
أَهَـٰنَنِ
ahānani
(has) humiliated me
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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16. And when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me." [12]
[12]
The Test of Increase and Decrease in Sustenance, Both Are Trials for Man:
Allah Almighty tests man in both ways: through abundance of blessings and wealth, to see whether man shows gratitude for Allah’s blessings; and through constriction of sustenance, to see whether man remains patient in such times and stays content and pleased with Allah’s decree. However, man’s values regarding wealth and property are strange and incorrect. When blessings are showered upon him, he does not consider himself to be under trial, rather he thinks that Allah is being especially kind to him these days. And when a period of hardship comes, even then he does not think that he is being tested, rather he thinks that Allah has humiliated him. In other words, in his view, the standard of honor and disgrace is only the increase or decrease of wealth and property. If someone has more wealth and property, he is considered honorable, and if he is poor, then he is considered disgraced.
[12]
The Test of Increase and Decrease in Sustenance, Both Are Trials for Man:
Allah Almighty tests man in both ways: through abundance of blessings and wealth, to see whether man shows gratitude for Allah’s blessings; and through constriction of sustenance, to see whether man remains patient in such times and stays content and pleased with Allah’s decree. However, man’s values regarding wealth and property are strange and incorrect. When blessings are showered upon him, he does not consider himself to be under trial, rather he thinks that Allah is being especially kind to him these days. And when a period of hardship comes, even then he does not think that he is being tested, rather he thinks that Allah has humiliated him. In other words, in his view, the standard of honor and disgrace is only the increase or decrease of wealth and property. If someone has more wealth and property, he is considered honorable, and if he is poor, then he is considered disgraced.
