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اَفَمَنْ اَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهٗ عَلٰى تَقْوٰى مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَرِضْوَانٍ خَيْرٌ اَمْ مَّنْ اَسَّسَ بُنْيَانَهٗ عَلٰى شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٍ فَانْهَارَ بِهٖ فِيْ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَۗ وَاللّٰهُ لَا يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ   ( التوبة: ١٠٩ )

afaman
أَفَمَنْ
Then is (one) who
assasa
أَسَّسَ
founded
bun'yānahu
بُنْيَٰنَهُۥ
his building
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
on
taqwā
تَقْوَىٰ
righteousness
mina
مِنَ
from
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
wariḍ'wānin
وَرِضْوَٰنٍ
and (His) pleasure
khayrun
خَيْرٌ
better
am
أَم
or
man
مَّنْ
(one) who
assasa
أَسَّسَ
founded
bun'yānahu
بُنْيَٰنَهُۥ
his building
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
on
shafā
شَفَا
edge
jurufin
جُرُفٍ
(of) a cliff
hārin
هَارٍ
(about to) collapse
fa-in'hāra
فَٱنْهَارَ
so it collapsed
bihi
بِهِۦ
with him
فِى
in
nāri
نَارِ
(the) Fire
jahannama
جَهَنَّمَۗ
(of) Hell
wal-lahu
وَٱللَّهُ
And Allah
لَا
(does) not
yahdī
يَهْدِى
guide
l-qawma
ٱلْقَوْمَ
the wrongdoing people
l-ẓālimīna
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
the wrongdoing people

Afaman assasa bunyaa nahoo 'alaa taqwaa minal laahi wa ridwaanin khairun am man assasa bunyaanahoo 'alaa shafaa jurufin haarin fanhaara bihee fee Naari Jahannnam; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen (at-Tawbah 9:109)

Sahih International:

Then is one who laid the foundation of his building on righteousness [with fear] from Allah and [seeking] His approval better or one who laid the foundation of his building on the edge of a bank about to collapse, so it collapsed with him into the fire of Hell? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people. (At-Tawbah [9] : 109)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Then tell me, which one is better, whether the one who has founded his building on fear of Allah and on search of His pleasure, or the one who has founded his building on the edge of an abyss that is about to collapse, then it did collapse with him into the fire of Jahannam ? Allah does not give guidance to the unjust people.