Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[As a rule,] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity
Arthur John Arberry
when evil visits him, impatient
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Fretful when evil touches him
Arabic
إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعࣰا ٢٠
Transliteration (2021)
idhā massahu l-sharu jazūʿa