وَمِنَ And among wamina the mankind l-nāsi (is he) who man worships yaʿbudu Allah l-laha on ʿalā an edge ḥarfin And if fa-in befalls him aṣābahu good khayrun he is content iṭ'ma-anna with it bihi and if wa-in befalls him aṣābathu a trial fit'natun he turns inqalaba on ʿalā his face wajhihi He has lost khasira the world l-dun'yā and the Hereafter wal-ākhirata That dhālika [it] huwa (is) the loss l-khus'rānu clear l-mubīnu
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.
يَدْعُوا۟ He calls yadʿū besides min besides dūni Allah l-lahi what mā not lā harms him yaḍurruhu and what wamā not lā benefits him yanfaʿuhu That dhālika [it] huwa (is) the straying l-ḍalālu far away l-baʿīdu
He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
يَدْعُوا۟ He calls yadʿū (one) who laman his harm ḍarruhu (is) closer aqrabu than min his benefit nafʿihi Surely, an evil labi'sa protector l-mawlā and surely an evil walabi'sa friend l-ʿashīru
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.