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اِنْ تُصِبْكَ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْۚ وَاِنْ تُصِبْكَ مُصِيْبَةٌ يَّقُوْلُوْا قَدْ اَخَذْنَآ اَمْرَنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَيَتَوَلَّوْا وَّهُمْ فَرِحُوْنَ   ( التوبة: ٥٠ )

in
إِن
If
tuṣib'ka
تُصِبْكَ
befalls you
ḥasanatun
حَسَنَةٌ
good
tasu'hum
تَسُؤْهُمْۖ
it distresses them
wa-in
وَإِن
but if
tuṣib'ka
تُصِبْكَ
befalls you
muṣībatun
مُصِيبَةٌ
a calamity
yaqūlū
يَقُولُوا۟
they say
qad
قَدْ
"Verily
akhadhnā
أَخَذْنَآ
we took
amranā
أَمْرَنَا
our matter
min
مِن
before"
qablu
قَبْلُ
before"
wayatawallaw
وَيَتَوَلَّوا۟
And they turn away
wahum
وَّهُمْ
while they
fariḥūna
فَرِحُونَ
(are) rejoicing

in tusibka hasanatun tasu'hum; wa in tusibka museebatuny yaqooloo qad akhaznaaa amranaa min qablu wa yatawallaw wa hum farihoon (at-Tawbah 9:50)

Sahih International:

If good befalls you, it distresses them; but if disaster strikes you, they say, "We took our matter [in hand] before," and turn away while they are rejoicing. (At-Tawbah [9] : 50)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

If some good comes to you, it annoys them, and if hardship befalls you, they say, “We had already taken care of our problem”, and they go their way delighted.