Quote:
{22:11} And of the people is he who worships God 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.
I suggest,
{22:11} And of the people is he who worships God on an edge: If good hits him, he tranquilizes by it; but if a trial hits him, he flips on his face. He has lost [this] the nearest [life] and the Hereafter. That really is the manifest losing.Quote:
{22:12} He invokes instead of God that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
I suggest,
{22:12} He invokes, instead of God, what does not harm him and what does not benefit him. That really is the faraway straying.Quote:
{22:13} He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
I suggest,
{22:13} He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit. How surely vile is the protector and how surely vile is the colleague!