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Surah an-Nahl (The Bee ) 16 : 54

ثُمَّ إِذَا كَشَفَ ٱلضُّرَّ عَنكُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنكُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Then when He removes the adversity from you, at once a party of you associates others with their Lord

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(16:54:1)
(16:54:2)
idhā
when
(16:54:3)
kashafa
He removes
(16:54:4)
l-ḍura
the adversity
(16:54:5)
(16:54:6)
idhā
behold
(16:54:7)
farīqun
A group
(16:54:8)
(16:54:9)
birabbihim
with their Lord
(16:54:10)
yush'rikūna
associate others

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Explanatory Note

The sūrah portrays here a picture of a certain type of human being which is found across every generation. When harm and affliction strikes, people’s hearts turn to God for help. By nature, they know that He is the only One to protect them when no one else can. In times of comfort and pleasure, they are preoccupied with enjoyment, weakening their relationship with God:

“whenever harm befalls you, it is to Him that you cry out for help. Yet no sooner does He remove the harm from you than some among you associate partners with their Lord.” (Verses 53-54)

They deviate from His path, following diverse ways which may lead to outright idolatry, or may take the form of ascribing divinity to values and situations, even though they may not describe these as deities.

 

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7. Period of Revelation

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The following internal evidence shows that this Surah was revealed during the last Makkan stage of Prophethood:

1.         V. 41 clearly shows that persecution had forced some Muslims to emigrate to Abyssinia before the revelation of this Surah.

2.         It is evident from v. 106 that at that time the persecution of the Muslims was at its height and a problem had arisen where Muslims under persecution were being forced to utter words of blasphemy.

3.         V. 112-114 clearly refer to the end of a seven year famine that had struck Makkah some years after the beginning of Prophethood.

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