Qur'ān/Al-Ma'aarij/Āyah 20

Al-Ma'aarij 70:20

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70:20

إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭا

When evil touches him, impatient,

Translation · Saheeh International

Tafsir

Ibn Kathīr (abridged)

Man is Impatient Allah informs about man and his inclination to corrupt his behavior.

Allah says,

إِنَّ الإِنسَـنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعاً

(Verily, man was created very impatient;) Then, Allah explains this statement by saying,

إِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاً

(Apprehensive when evil touches him;) meaning, whenever any harm touches him he is frightful, worried and completely taken back due to the severity of his terror and his despair that he will receive any good after it.

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