Surah Al-Hajj — Verse 12
The Pilgrimage · 22:12 · 12/78
يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ
YadAAoo min dooni Allahi ma layadurruhu wama la yanfaAAuhu thalikahuwa addalalu albaAAeed
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Instead of God, they call upon what can neither harm nor help them- that is straying far away-
Marmaduke Pickthall
He calleth, beside Allah, unto that which hurteth him not nor benefiteth him. That is the far error.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They call on such deities, besides Allah, as can neither hurt nor profit them: that is straying far indeed (from the Way)!
Mufti Taqi Usmani
He prays to someone, instead of Allah, who can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is the error that takes him too far from the right path.
Al-Hilali & Khan
He calls besides Allâh unto that which can neither harm him, nor profit him. That is a straying far away.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
He invokes, instead of Allah, those who can neither harm nor benefit him. That indeed is straying far away.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
[By behaving thus,] he invokes, instead of God, something that can neither harm nor benefit him: [and] this is indeed the utmost one can go astray.
Rowwad · source edition
They invoke besides Allah what can neither harm nor benefit them. That is the farthest misguidance.
Noor International · source edition
(12) He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
12. He calls besides Allâh unto that which can neither harm him, nor profit him. That is a straying far away.