39:8
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Dynamic translation
(39:8) When the human being is afflicted with adversity, he implores his Lord, turning in repentance to Him. But then, when He grants him a blessing from Him, he forgets his previous imploring, and sets up equals with Allah, in order to mislead others from His path. Say, "Enjoy your rejection for a while; for you are of the dwellers of the fire."
Arabic text
(39:8) وَإِذَا مَسَّ الْإِنسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُ مُنِيبًا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِيَ مَا كَانَ يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ
Arabic text WikiQuran
(39:8) وَإِذَا مَسَّ الْإِنسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَا رَبَّهُ مُنِيبًا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلَهُ نِعْمَةً مِّنْهُ نَسِيَ مَا كَانَ يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ مِن قَبْلُ وَجَعَلَ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا لِّيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ
Connected ideas
(3:101) And how is it for you (to show) denial, personally reading the ideas of Allah (telling) about you, (while) among you is His messenger? And he who is united (in union) with Allah, (will) indeed be guided according to the cumulative strategy.
(17:67) When harm should afflict you at sea, then all those whom you called on besides Him suddenly vanish from you except for Him. So when He saves you to dry land, you turn away. The people are ever ungrateful.
(39:49) So when the human is touched by adversity, he implores Us, then when We bestow a blessing upon him, he says: "I attained this because of knowledge I had!" Indeed, it is a test, but most of them do not know.
Lego concept
1. Compare grammatical construction: «تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلً» from (39:8), and «بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً» from (4:46) and (4:155). And with «لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلًا» from (2:88).
