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
Translations of this verse 11
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.
Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an
As it is, man [often] prays for things that are bad as if he were praying for something that is good: for man is prone to be hasty [in his judgments].
Rowwad · source edition
Man prays for evil as he prays for good, for man is ever hasty[10].
Notes
[10] i.e., becomes impatient and acts without forethought.
Noor International · source edition
(11) And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.[730]
Notes
[730]- i.e., impatient, emotional, and acting without forethought.
Hilali and Khan · source edition
11. 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].