Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Az-Zumar, Ayah 49
فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ ضُرٌّۭ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَٰهُ نِعْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍۭ ۚ بَلْ هِىَ فِتْنَةٌۭ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.
▸Well studied1 Hadith8 Topics
Common Words
22 total22 unique0 repeated
فإذا1x
مس1x
ٱلإنسن1x
ضر1x
دعانا1x
ثم1x
إذا1x
خولنه1x
نعمة1x
منا1x
قال1x
إنما1x
أوتيته1x
على1x
علم1x
بل1x
هى1x
فتنة1x
ولكن1x
أكثرهم1x
Other Scholars on This Ayah
Tafsir
Scholars offer complementary perspectives
So when some distress befalls man al-insān here a generic he supplicates Us. Then when We bestow on him a grace from Us he says ‘I was given it merely by force of knowledge’ from God that I was deserving of it. Nay but it this saying is a trial a test by which servants are tested. But most of them do not know that such bestowal of grace is a way of drawing them on and a test of their faith.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Now when hurt) hardship (toucheth a man) the disbelieving man (he crieth unto Us) to remove the hardship from him, (and afterward when We have granted him) then when We have substituted it for him into (a boon from Us, he saith: Only by force of knowledge I obtained it) I obtained this wealth only because Allah knows I am righteous and good. (Nay, but it is a test) it is a trial and plot against them. (But most of them) all of them (know not) this.