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.1 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.