And when distress afflicts man, he will call upon Us by lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove his distress, he moves on as if he had never called upon Us for his afflicted distress; just like that We have made attractive for the aggressors what they have been doing.
Verse portrays the general characteristics of man. Man will remember his Lord during the sad time, but will not remember in the glad times. Whoever remembers Lord in his glad and sad time, he would not face any sorrows. Only the believer who testifies Adhikr will remember Lord always in his life as explained in verses 2: 152 and 3: 190-191. It is told in verse 16: 89 that Adhikr which explains everything is a Guidance, Mercy and Glad news to true Muslims—those who submit wholly to the Creator Lord.
Today, the Fujjar who read these verses are the real disbelievers as explained in verses 4: 150-151. Each of them is promised with Fire since they hide and reject Adhikr—the Witness, Guidance Mercy, and Truth—as explained in verse 11: 17. Through verse 39: 8 Messenger and today the believer is commanded to say any of the Fujjar who invokes others besides Lord Allah to obstruct mankind from Adhikr: “You enjoy here a little with your disbelief; indeed, you are among the inmates of the Hell”. Through verse 14: 30Messenger and believers are commanded to say the worthless people who forgot Adhikr: “You enjoy here a little, then indeed your return is into the Fire”. The aimless hypocrites and their heedless followers while facing distress will start to pray towards Lord, and when they are relieved from it and are bestowed with a favor, they will arrogantly say: “This is given to me on my knowledge” as told in verse 39: 49. It is told in verse30: 33: “And when adversity touches the people, they call upon their Lord, turning in repentance to Him. Then when Lord lets them taste His Mercy, at once a party of them starts to associate others with Lord”. Read together at 31: 31-32.
By teaching each soul Adhikr from the Paradise itself, Lord has become Impartial. Whoever holdfasts Adhikr, he will not be afflicted with any adversity or distress. Satan makes the deeds of disbelievers attractive to them as explained in verse 6: 43. Any good happening is from Lord Allah, while any bad happening is from yourself as explained in verse 4: 78-79. It means every bad is happening from Satan who makes a man forget about the Impartial Lord by diverting him from Adhikr—the Wise Reminder. See the explanation2: 13; 5: 90-91 and 9: 67-68.