Despair, Prodigality, Exultance and Boastfulness "And if We give man a taste of Mercy from Us, and then withdraw it from him, verily, he is despairing, ungrateful. But if We let him taste good (favor) after evil (poverty and harm) has touched him, he is sure to say: Ills have departed from me. Surely, he is exultant, and boastful (ungrateful to Allah)." (Qur'an: Translation of the meaning, 11:9-10) "And when harm touches man, he invokes Us, Lying on his side, or sitting or standing. But when We have removed the harm from him, he passes on as if he had never invoked Us for a fair-seeming to the Musrifun (extravagant) that which they used to do." (Qur'an: Translation of the meaning, 10:12) "And when We bestow Our Grace on man (the disbeliever), he turns away and becomes arrogant (far away from the Right Path). And when evil touches him, he is in great despair." (Qur'an: Translation of the meaning,...