The Holy Quran 9:109 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

أَفَمَنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَـٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ تَقْوَىٰ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٍ خَيْرٌ أَم مَّنْ أَسَّسَ بُنْيَـٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَٱنْهَارَ بِهِۦ فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Translation

Is he who (firmly) established his foundation on Taqwa from Allaah and His pleasure better or (is) he (better) who established his foundation on a collapsing edge (of a precipice), so he tumbles with it into the Fire of Jahannam? Allaah does not guide oppressive (wrong-doing and unjust) people.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, a work whose foundation is taqwa (mindfulness of Allah), certainty, sincerity and seeking the pleasure of Allah is extremely firm and lasting. In contrast, a work whose foundation is doubt, hypocrisy, cunning and deceit is, in its instability, flimsiness and evil end, like a building erected on the edge of a ravine: the ground shifts a little, or a…

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