A description of how people are made
Named as a default, with one stated exception.
۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ
Inna-l-insāna khuliqa halūʿā, idhā massahu-sh-sharru jazūʿā, wa idhā massahu-l-khayru manūʿā, illa-l-muṣallīn.
“Indeed, mankind was created anxious: When evil touches him, impatient, And when good touches him, withholding [of it], Except the observers of prayer - Those who are constant in their prayer”
Anxiety is treated as the standard human setting, and prayer as the thing that interrupts it.
Source
The Qur'an · 70:19-23
Qur'an
- Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International