Surah Al-Hajj 22:13 — translation and meaning
الحج · Verse 13 / 78 · Page 333
ۚ يَدْعُو لَمَن ضَرُّهُ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِ لَبِئْسَ الْمَوْلَى وَلَبِئْسَ الْعَشِيرُ
Word by Word
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يَدْعُو
yad'u
He calls
لَمَن
laman
(one) who
ضَرُّهُ
darruhu
his harm
أَقْرَبُ
aqrabu
(is) closer
مِن
min
than
نَّفْعِهِ
naf'ihi
his benefit
لَبِئْسَ
labi'sa
Surely an evil
الْمَوْلَى
al-mawla
protector
وَلَبِئْسَ
walabi'sa
and surely an evil
الْعَشِيرُ
al-'ashiru
friend!
Transliteration
Yad'oo laman darruhooo aqrabu min naf'ih; labi'salmawlaa wa labi'sal 'asheer
Translation
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
This disbeliever who worships idols calls upon the one whose confirmed harm is closer than his absent benefit. Bad is the deity whose harm is closer than his benefit. Bad is it as a helper to one who seeks its help, and as a companion to who accompanies it.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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