Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:11

22:11

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُۥ خَيْرٌ ٱطْمَأَنَّ بِهِۦ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ ٱنقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ خَسِرَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْخُسْرَانُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

wamina l-nāsi man yaʿbudu l-laha ʿalā ḥarfin fa-in aṣābahu khayrun iṭ'ma-anna bihi wa-in aṣābathu fit'natun inqalaba ʿalā wajhihi khasira l-dun'yā wal-ākhirata dhālika huwa l-khus'rānu l-mubīnu

And of the people is he who worships Allāh on an edge. If he is touched by good, he is reassured by it; but if he is struck by trial, he turns on his face [to unbelief]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss.

— Saheeh International

There are also some who serve God with unsteady faith: if something good comes their way, they are satisfied, but if they are tested, they revert to their old ways, losing both this world and the next- that is the clearest loss.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And among mankind is he who worships Allâh as it were, upon the edge (i.e. in doubt): if good befalls him, he is content therewith; but if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face (i.e. reverts to disbelief after embracing Islâm). He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 333medinan

Word by Word

وَمِنَwaminaAnd among
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
مَنman(is he) who
يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduworships
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
حَرْفٍۢۖḥarfinan edge
فَإِنْfa-inAnd if
أَصَابَهُۥaṣābahubefalls him
خَيْرٌkhayrungood
ٱطْمَأَنَّiṭ'ma-annahe is content
بِهِۦۖbihiwith it
وَإِنْwa-inand if
أَصَابَتْهُaṣābathubefalls him
فِتْنَةٌfit'natuna trial
ٱنقَلَبَinqalabahe turns
عَلَىٰʿalāon
وَجْهِهِۦwajhihihis face
خَسِرَkhasiraHe has lost
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَۚwal-ākhirataand the Hereafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
هُوَhuwa[it]
ٱلْخُسْرَانُl-khus'rānu(is) the loss
ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear