Quran 22:11 — Al-Hajj, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ انْقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And among men there is such a one as serves God upon the very edge -- if good befalls him he is at rest in it, but if a trial befalls him he turns completely over; he loses this world and the world to come; that is indeed the manifest loss.
- Muhammad Asad
- And there is, too, among men many a one who worships God on the border-line [of faith]: thus, if good befalls him, he is satisfied with Him; but if a trial assails him, he turns away utterly, losing [thereby both] this world and the life to come: [and] this, indeed, is a loss beyond compare!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And among | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the mankind | نوس |
| 3 | مَنman | (is he) who | — |
| 4 | يَعْبُدُyaʿbudu | worships | عبد |
| 5 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 6 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 7 | حَرْفٍۢ ۖḥarfin | an edge | حرف |
| 8 | فَإِنْfa-in | And if | — |
| 9 | أَصَابَهُۥaṣābahu | befalls him | صوب |
| 10 | خَيْرٌkhayrun | good | خير |
| 11 | ٱطْمَأَنَّiṭ'ma-anna | he is content | طمن |
| 12 | بِهِۦ ۖbihi | with it | — |
| 13 | وَإِنْwa-in | and if | — |
| 14 | أَصَابَتْهُaṣābathu | befalls him | صوب |
| 15 | فِتْنَةٌfit'natun | a trial | فتن |
| 16 | ٱنقَلَبَinqalaba | he turns | قلب |
| 17 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 18 | وَجْهِهِۦwajhihi | his face | وجه |
| 19 | خَسِرَkhasira | He has lost | خسر |
| 20 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 21 | وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚwal-ākhirata | and the Hereafter | أخر |
| 22 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 23 | هُوَhuwa | [it] | — |
| 24 | ٱلْخُسْرَانُl-khus'rānu | (is) the loss | خسر |
| 25 | ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnu | clear | بين |