حُنَفَآءَ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَخْطَفُهُ ٱلطَّيْرُ أَوْ تَهْوِى بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِى مَكَانٍ سَحِيقٍ Qur’an Al-Hajj (22:31)H unaf a a lill a hi ghayra mushrikeena bihi waman yushrik bi A ll a hi fakaannam a kharra mina a l ssam a i fatakh t afuhu a l tt ayru aw tahwee bihi a l rree h u fee mak a nin sa h eeq in
For an explanation of the term hunafa’ (sing. hanif), see note [110] on 2:135 .
A parable full of meaning. The man who falls from the worship of Allah, The One True God, is like a man who falls from heaven, His being taken up with false objects of worship is like the failing man being picked up in the air by birds of prey. But the false objects of worship cannot hold him permanently in their grip. A fierce blast of wind-the Wrath of Allah-comes and snatches him away and throws him into a place far, far away from any place he could have imagined-into the hell of those who defied Allah.