Surah Al-Hajj, ayah 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
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.
Al-Hajj · 22:11
Word by word
- وَمِنَwaminaAnd among
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
- مَنman(is he) who
- يَعْبُدُyaʿbuduworships
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- حَرْفٍۢ ۖḥarfinan edge
- فَإِنْfa-inAnd if
- أَصَابَهُۥaṣābahubefalls him
- خَيْرٌkhayrungood
- ٱطْمَأَنَّiṭ'ma-annahe is content
- بِهِۦ ۖbihiwith it
- وَإِنْwa-inand if
- أَصَابَتْهُaṣābathubefalls him
- فِتْنَةٌfit'natuna trial
- ٱنقَلَبَinqalabahe turns
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- وَجْهِهِۦwajhihihis face
- خَسِرَkhasiraHe has lost
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
- وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚwal-ākhirataand the Hereafter
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- هُوَhuwa[it]
- ٱلْخُسْرَانُl-khus'rānu(is) the loss
- ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear
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