Surah Ar-Rum Ayah 36

وَإِذَآ أَذَقْنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحْمَةً فَرِحُوا۟ بِهَا ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌۢ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَقْنَطُونَ

In Saheeh International's English translation, Quran 30:36 says: “And when We let the people taste mercy, they rejoice therein, but if evil afflicts them for what their hands have put forth, immediately they despair.”

Translation source: Saheeh International

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Quran 30:36 is in Surah Ar-Rum, chapter 30 of the Quran.

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