Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

— When evil touches him, impatient,

اِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاًۙ
Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa
#wordmeaningroot
1idhāWhen
2massahutouches himمسس
3l-sharuthe evilشرر
4jazūʿandistressedجزع
  • Aisha Bewley

    desperate when bad things happen,

  • Progressive Muslims

    When adversity touches him he is miserable.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Nervous when harm touches him.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    — When evil touches him, impatient,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    When adversity touches him he is miserable.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    When adversity touches him he is miserable.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    If touched by adversity, despondent.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    If evil befalls him he is perturbed;

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    When evil touches him, impatient,

  • Muhammad Asad

    whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity;

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Fretful when evil befalleth him

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    bewailing when evil befalls him,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    If he meets with a misfortune, or he is wedded to a calamity he becomes so full of misery nursing despair with additional notion of querulous utterances.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    When man experiences hardship, he becomes depressed…

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Fretful when evil touches him;

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    distressed when touched with evil,

  • Taqi Usmani

    very upset when touched by evil,

  • Abdul Haleem

    he is fretful when misfortune touches him,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    when evil visits him, impatient,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    when evil touches him, very impatient;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Fretful when evil afflicts him

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    When evil touches him, (he is) most impatient,

  • George Sale

    When evil toucheth him, he is full of complaint;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Anxious and angry when evil touches him;

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    He loses heart and becomes fretful when evil afflicts him.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    anxious when an ill befalls him