Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 48 (42:48)

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فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا۟ فَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا ۖ إِنْ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ۗ وَإِنَّآ …

Quran 42:48 is ayah 48 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 488 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:48
فَإِنْأَعْرَضُوا۟فَمَآأَرْسَلْنَٰكَعَلَيْهِمْحَفِيظًا ۖإِنْعَلَيْكَإِلَّاٱلْبَلَٰغُ ۗوَإِنَّآإِذَآأَذَقْنَاٱلْإِنسَٰنَمِنَّارَحْمَةًفَرِحَبِهَا ۖوَإِنتُصِبْهُمْسَيِّئَةٌۢبِمَاقَدَّمَتْأَيْدِيهِمْفَإِنَّٱلْإِنسَٰنَكَفُورٌ٤٨
fa-in aʿraḍū famā arsalnāka ʿalayhim ḥafīẓan in ʿalayka illā l-balāghu wa-innā idhā adhaqnā l-insāna minnā raḥmatan fariḥa bihā wa-in tuṣib'hum sayyi-atun bimā qaddamat aydīhim fa-inna l-insāna kafūrun

But if they turn away - then We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a guardian; upon you is only [the duty of] notification. And indeed, when We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but if evil afflicts him for what his hands have put forth, then indeed, man is ungrateful.(48)

Word by word

  1. فَإِنْfa-inThen if
  2. أَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍūthey turn away
  3. فَمَآfamāthen not
  4. أَرْسَلْنَٰكَarsalnākaWe have sent you
  5. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
  6. حَفِيظًا ۖḥafīẓan(as) a guardian
  7. إِنْinNot
  8. عَلَيْكَʿalayka(is) on you
  9. إِلَّاillāexcept
  10. ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ۗl-balāghuthe conveyance
  11. وَإِنَّآwa-innāAnd indeed
  12. إِذَآidhāwhen
  13. أَذَقْنَاadhaqnāWe cause to taste
  14. ٱلْإِنسَٰنَl-insāna[the] man
  15. مِنَّاminnāfrom Us
  16. رَحْمَةًraḥmatanMercy
  17. فَرِحَfariḥahe rejoices
  18. بِهَا ۖbihāin it
  19. وَإِنwa-inBut if
  20. تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humbefalls them
  21. سَيِّئَةٌۢsayyi-atunevil
  22. بِمَاbimāfor what
  23. قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
  24. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
  25. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  26. ٱلْإِنسَٰنَl-insāna[the] man
  27. كَفُورٌkafūrun(is) ungrateful

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