ابْتَلَاهُ
ابْتَلَاهُ is a phrase (شِبْهُ الجُمْلَةِ) consisting of a particle of pulling down and a genitive noun
| Phrase | Particle / Noun | Noun | Particle | ||
| شِبْهُ الجُمْلَةِ | جَارٌ وَمَجْرُوْرٌ | اسْمٌ مَجْرُوْرٌ | حَرْفُ جَرٍّ | ||
| Phrase | Compound | Genitive Noun | Particle of pulling down | ||
| He tried him | ابْتَلَاهُ | = | هُ | + | ابْتَلَا |
| He tried him | him | He tried | |||
| Surah/ | Below are the 2 verses in the holy Quran containing the sentence | ابْتَلَاهُ |
| Verse | ||
| As for man, when his Lord tries him by honoring him and favoring him | فَأَمَّا الإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ | |
| 89-15 | then he says “my Lord has honored me” | فَيَقُوْلُ رَبِّى أَكْرَمَنِ |
| but when He tries him by straitening his provision | وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ | |
| 89-16 | then he says “my Lord has humiliated me” | فَيَقُوْلُ رَبِّى أَهَانَنِ |
Valuable resources:
Dictionary of the holy Quran by Abdul Mannan Omar