The Pilgrimage
22. Al-Ḥajj
الحج
Page #333
22:11
وَمِنَ
النَّاسِ
مَن
يَعْبُدُ
اللَّهَ
عَلَى
حَرْفٍ
فَإِنْ
أَصَابَهُ
خَيْرٌ
اطْمَأَنَّ
بِهِ
وَإِنْ
أَصَابَتْهُ
فِتْنَةٌ
انقَلَبَ
عَلَى
وَجْهِهِ
خَسِرَ
الدُّنْيَا
وَالْآخِرَةَ
ذَلِكَ
هُوَ
الْخُسْرَانُ
الْمُبِينُ
wa-mina n-nāsi man yaʿbudu llāha ʿalā ḥarfin fa-ʾin ʾaṣābahū khayrun ʾiṭmaʾanna bihī wa-ʾin ʾaṣābathu fitnatun-i nqalaba ʿalā wajhihī khasira d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirata dhālika huwa l-khusrānu l-mubīnu
There are among men some who serve Allah, as it were, on the verge: if good befalls them, they are, therewith, well content; but if a trial comes to them, they turn on their faces: they lose both this world and the Hereafter: that is loss for all to see!
— Abdullah Yusufali
And among the people are those who worship Allah on the [very] fringe: if good fortune befalls him, he is content with it; but if an ordeal visits him he makes a turnabout, to become a loser in the world and the Hereafter. That is manifest loss.
