70. Surah Al-Ma'arij, Verse 20
اِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ جَزُوعاًۙ
Itha massahu ashsharrujazooAAa
desperate when bad things happen,
- Progressive Muslims
When adversity touches him he is miserable.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Nervous when harm touches him.
- Sam Gerrans
— When evil touches him, impatient,
- The Monotheist Group
When adversity touches him he is miserable.
- Edip-Layth
When adversity touches him he is miserable.
- Aisha Bewley
desperate when bad things happen,
- Rashad Khalifa
If touched by adversity, despondent.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
If evil befalls him he is perturbed;
- Sahih International
When evil touches him, impatient,
- Muhammad Asad
[As a rule, ] whenever misfortune touches him, he is filled with self-pity;
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Fretful when evil befalleth him
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
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
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