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 Post subject: Verses 41:49-51
PostPosted: 05 Jun 2009, 02:10 
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 Post subject: Re: Verses 41:49-51
PostPosted: 08 Oct 2013, 20:34 
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{41:49} Man is not weary of supplication for good [things], but if evil touches him, he is hopeless and despairing.

I suggest,
{41:49} Man does not tire of supplicating for good, but when evil touches him, he is despairing and hopeless.

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{41:50} And if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity which has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me, and I do not think the Hour will occur; and [even] if I should be returned to my Lord, indeed, for me there will be with Him the best." But We will surely inform those who disbelieved about what they did, and We will surely make them taste a massive punishment.

I suggest,
{41:50} And if We have him taste mercy from Us after an adversity has touched him, he will surely say, "This is [due] to me, and I do not think the Hour is occurring; and if I should be returned to my Lord, surely for me with Him will be the best." But We will surely inform those who have disbelieved about what they did, and We will surely make them taste of a massive torment.

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{41:51} And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, then he is full of extensive supplication.

It is not easy to closely translate نأى بجانبه, which literally means "he goes far with his side", so I suggest,
{41:51} And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns aside and moves his side far (distances himself); but when evil touches him, then he has capacious supplication.

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