Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Fajr Verse 15

Mufti Taqi Usmani

As for man, when his Lord tests him, and thus gives him honour and bounties, he says, “My Lord has honoured me.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”

Ruwwad Translation Center

As for man, when he is tested by his Lord by honoring him and bestowing blessings upon him, he says, “My Lord has [deservedly] honored me!”

A. J. Arberry

As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.'

Abdul Haleem

[The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

As for man - when his Lord proveth him and so honoureth him and is bounteous Unto him, then he saith: 'my Lord hath honoured me,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

Abul Ala Maududi

As for man, when his Lord tests him by exalting him and bestowing His bounties upon him, he says: “My Lord has exalted me.”

Ahmed Ali

As for man, whenever his Lord tries him and then is gracious and provides good things for him, he says: "My Lord has been gracious to me."

Ahmed Raza Khan

So man, whenever his Lord tests him by giving him honour and favours – thereupon he says, “My Lord has honoured me.”

Ali Quli Qarai

As for man, whenever his Lord tests him, and grants him honour, and blesses him, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me.’

Ali Ünal

And so, human – when his Lord tries him by bestowing favors on him – says: "My Lord has honored me."

Amatul Rahman Omar

Moreover a human being is such that when his Lord disciplines him (by prosperity) and (thus) honours him and bestows favours on him, he says, `My Lord has honoured me.´

English Literal

So but the human/mankind when as long as his Lord tested him, so he honoured him and He blessed/comforted and eased him , so he says: "My Lord honored me."

Faridul Haque

So man, whenever his Lord tests him by giving him honour and favours – thereupon he says, “My Lord has honoured me.”

Hamid S. Aziz

Now as for man, whenever his Lord tries him and honours him and grants him favour, then he says, "My Lord has honoured me";

Hilali & Khan

As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then he says (puffed up): "My Lord has honoured me."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

But when He tries him, then straitens to him his subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

Muhammad Sarwar

As for the human being, when his Lord tests him, honors him, and grants him bounty, he says, "God has honored me".

Qaribullah & Darwish

As for man, when his Lord tests him by honoring him and favoring him, he says: 'My Lord, has honored me'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honor and bounties, then he says: "My Lord has honored me."

Wahiduddin Khan

As for man, when his Lord tests him, through honour and blessings, he says, "My Lord has honoured me,"

Talal Itani

As for man, whenever his Lord tests him, and honors him, and prospers him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.”

Tafsir jalalayn

And as for man, the disbeliever, whenever his Lord tests him and honours him, with wealth and other things, and is gracious to him, he says, `My Lord has honoured me'.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Wealth and Poverty are both a Test and Honor or Disgrace for the Servant

فَأَمَّا الاْأِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَأهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ




وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَأهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ