Surah Hud, Ayah 9 (11:9)

هُود

وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنَّا رَحْمَةً ثُمَّ نَزَعْنَٰهَا مِنْهُ إِنَّهُۥ لَئَُوسٌ كَفُورٌ

Quran 11:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 222 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:9
وَلَئِنْأَذَقْنَاٱلْإِنسَٰنَمِنَّارَحْمَةًثُمَّنَزَعْنَٰهَامِنْهُإِنَّهُۥلَئَُوسٌكَفُورٌ٩
wala-in adhaqnā l-insāna minnā raḥmatan thumma nazaʿnāhā min'hu innahu layaūsun kafūrun

And if We give man a taste of mercy from Us and then We withdraw it from him, indeed, he is despairing and ungrateful.(9)

Word by word

  1. وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
  2. أَذَقْنَاadhaqnāWe give man a taste
  3. ٱلْإِنسَٰنَl-insānaWe give man a taste
  4. مِنَّاminnā(of) Mercy from Us
  5. رَحْمَةًraḥmatan(of) Mercy from Us
  6. ثُمَّthummathen
  7. نَزَعْنَٰهَاnazaʿnāhāWe withdraw it
  8. مِنْهُmin'hufrom him
  9. إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, he
  10. لَئَُوسٌlayaūsun(is) despairing
  11. كَفُورٌkafūrun(and) ungrateful

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