( فإن أعرضوا ) عن الإجابة ، ( فما أرسلناك عليهم حفيظا إن عليك ) ما عليك ، ( إلا البلاغ وإنا إذا أذقنا الإنسان منا رحمة ) قال ابن عباس : يعني الغنى والصحة . ( فرح بها وإن تصبهم سيئة ) قحط ، ( بما قدمت أيديهم فإن الإنسان كفور ) أي : لما تقدم من نعمة الله عليه ، ينسى ويجحد بأول شدة جميع ما سلف من النعم .
If they turn away from what you instruct them, then I have not sent you, O Messenger, as a guardian over them to watch their actions. Your duty is only to convey what I have instructed you to convey and their reckoning is left to Allah. When I give man a taste of My mercy of riches, health etc. he rejoices in it. But when a trial of difficulty befalls them on account of their sins, their nature is to be ungrateful for Allah’s favours and become angry at what Allah had in His wisdom decreed.