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Qur’an 70:21 Al-Ma'arij, verse 21

وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Ma'arij (70)
Verse
21 of 44
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
569

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
مَسَّهُmassahutouches himم س س
ٱلْخَيْرُl-khayruthe goodخ ي ر
مَنُوعًاmanūʿanwithholdingم ن ع

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 70:21 in Al-Ma'arij.

  • 70:19۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًاIndeed, mankind was created anxious:
  • 70:20إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًۭاWhen evil touches him, impatient,
  • 70:22إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَExcept the observers of prayer -
  • 70:23ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَThose who are constant in their prayer

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