49 Preface فَإِذا مَسَّ الإِنسانَ ضُرٌّ دَعانا ثُمَّ إِذا خَوَّلناهُ نِعمَةً مِنّا قالَ إِنَّما أوتيتُهُ عَلىٰ عِلمٍ ۚ بَل هِيَ فِتنَةٌ وَلٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَهُم لا يَعلَمونَYusuf AliNow, when trouble touches man, he cries to Us:1 But when We bestow a favour upon him2 as from Ourselves, he says, “This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge (I have)!”3 Nay, but this is but a trial, but most of them understand not! Cf. 30:33 and n. 3545.Cf. 39:8 above.Cf. 28:78, and n. 3408. Prosperity may be a trial as much as adversity.