The Holy Quran 22:11 — Surah Al-Hajj

Arabic text

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

Translation

Among man is one who worships Allaah like a person on edge (unsure and unstable, capable of being diverted from Allaah's worship by the smallest doubt). If any good comes to him, he is content with it. However, if any trial overtakes him, his face turns (direction and he reverts to kufr). (By doing this), He is at a loss in this world and in the Aakhirah (because he will suffer in both worlds). This is the manifest loss.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The state of the waverers: that is, a person may adopt the religion purely for a worldly purpose, and his heart remains wavering: if, after entering the religion, he sees worldly good, he outwardly remains steadfast in worship, and if he meets hardship, he abandons it. So his world is gone on the one hand and his religion on the other.

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