سورة الحج، الآية ١٣
يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ ١٣
yadʿū laman ḍarruhu aqrabu min nafʿihi labi'sa l-mawlā walabi'sa l-ʿashīru
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
Verse 13 of Surah Al-Hajj (22:13), a Medinan surah, is in juz 17, on page 333 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
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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.
They invoke those whose harm is more likely than their benefit. What a terrible protector and what a terrible associate!
He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his profit: certainly, an evil Maulâ (patron) and certainly an evil friend!
He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend!
(Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!
He calls upon him whose harm is nearer than his profit; evil certainly is the guardian and evil certainly is the associate.
He invokes him whose harm is indeed nearer than his proft. Miserable indeed is the patronizer and miserable indeed is the consort!
