الْحَجِّ

Surah Al-Hajj, ayah 11

The Pilgrimage · Meccan · 78 ayahs

22:11

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ یَعْبُدُ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى حَرْفٍۚ فَاِنْ اَصَابَهُ خَیْرٌࣙ اطْمَاَنَّ بِهٖۚ وَاِنْ اَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌࣙ انْقَلَبَ عَلٰى وَجْهِهٖࣞ خَسِرَ الدُّنْیَا وَالْاٰخِرَةَؕ ذٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبٖینُ

Wamina alnnasi man yaAAbudu Allaha AAala harfin fain asabahu khayrun itmaanna bihi wain asabathu fitnatun inqalaba AAala wajhihi khasira alddunya waalakhirata thalika huwa alkhusranu almubeenu

Translations

And of the people is he who worships Allah 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 the other direction]. He has lost [this] world and the Hereafter. That is what is the manifest loss

Saheeh International

And among mankind is he who worshippeth Allah upon a narrow marge so that if good befalleth him he is content therewith, but if a trial befalleth him, he falleth away utterly. He loseth both the world and the Hereafter. That is the sheer loss

Marmaduke Pickthall