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ʾin tuṣibka ḥasanatun tasuʾhum wa-ʾin tuṣibka muṣībatun yaqūlū qad ʾakhadhnā ʾamranā min qablu wa-yatawallaw wa-hum fariḥūna
If some good should befall you, it upsets them; but if an adversity befalls you, they say, ‘We had already taken our precautions in advance,’ and they go away boasting.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah At-Tawbah – Verse 50
50 . “If (any) good befalls you, it vexes them; but if an affliction visits you, they say: ‘We had taken care of our affair in advance’, and they turn away, rejoicing.”
In this verse, the Qur’ān refers to one of other particular epithets of the hypocrites. This epithet in them is that if a goodness befalls the Prophet (S) and Muslims, they will be annoyed of it. They will be inconvenient if the Prophet (S) overcomes the enemy in the war or obtains some booties. They do not like the goodness and happiness of the Muslims, but if an affliction befalls the Muslims, that they meet with failure or be killed, for example, they will be glad and they say that they had observed the necessary precautions from before and they did not visit that affliction. In such a way, they speak ironically of Muslims. The verse says: