Surah Al-Isra — Verse 11

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وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولًا

WayadAAu al-insanu bishsharriduAAaahu bilkhayri wakana al-insanuAAajoola

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh International

And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Yet man prays for harm, just as he prays for good: man is ever hasty.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds).

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Man prays for evil like his prayer for good, and man is so hasty.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And man invokes (Allâh) for evil as he invokes (Allâh) for good and man is ever hasty [i.e., if he is angry with somebody, he invokes (saying): "O Allâh! Curse him" and that one should not do, but one should be patient].

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Man prays for evil in the manner he ought to pray for good. Man is ever hasty.