Surah Al-Hajj — Verse 13
The Pilgrimage · 22:13 · 13/78
يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ
YadAAoo laman darruhu aqrabu minnafAAihi labi'sa almawla walabi'sa alAAasheer
Translations of this verse 11
Saheeh International
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
or invoke one whose harm is closer than his help: an evil master and an evil companion.
Marmaduke Pickthall
He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend!
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!
Mufti Taqi Usmani
He, rather, prays to someone whose harm is more likely than his benefit. Wretched is such a patron and wretched is such a companion.
Al-Hilali & Khan
He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his profit: certainly, an evil Maulâ (patron) and certainly an evil friend!
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
He invokes those that are more likely to cause him harm than benefit. Such is surely an evil patron, and an evil associate.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
[And sometimes] he invokes [another human being] one that is far more likely to cause harm than benefit: vile, indeed, is such a patron and vile the follower!
Rowwad · source edition
They invoke those whose harm is more likely than their benefit. What a terrible protector and what a terrible associate!
Noor International · source edition
(13) He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
13. He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his profit: certainly, an evil Maulâ (patron) and certainly an evil friend!