Surah Al-Fajr
Quran 89:16
Read Quran 89:16 from Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 89:16
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ١٦
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 89. Al-Fajr (The Dawn)
- Ayah
- 16 of 30
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 89:16
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 89:16
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
وأنه إذا { قدر عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُ } أي: ضيقه، فصار يقدر قوته لا يفضل منه، أن هذا إهانة من الله له.