Juz 17: Surah Hajj 22: Ayah 11
“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.”
The word ‘harf’ literally means edge, this means his eeman isn’t quite there but isn’t completely off either. Then Allah says, when something good happens to him, he is satisfied and if a trail hits him, he turns back on his face. This is talking about a person who is committed to Islam so long as it is convenient. Something good happens you’re happy, Alhamdulillah; something bad occurs, you then start questioning why this is happening to you. “It’s not fair”, “who need religion?”, “I deserve better” etc. You start getting this aggressive attitude that wasn’t there before. Allah (SWT) says, that little religion you had anyway, it didn’t amount to anything, this kind of person lost the dunya and the akhira. These people on the edge, that only turn to Allah when convenient, for them is a manifest loss, the dunya and the akhira.
Allah (SWT) uses a word that is hardly used, ‘dhalika huwa al-khusranu al-mubinu.’ This means that it is the ultimate, ultimate, ultimate loss.
In other words, even in good times where he’s showed good signs of faith, it didn’t amount to anything. If you feel this way, like you only turn back to Allah (SWT) when convenient, then you should turn to Allah and ask for ‘Thabaat’ which is firmness of the heart, so that you’re able to maintain the strength of faith in your heart.
And Allah knows best.
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