سورة الإسرَاء
Surah Al-Isrâ’ 17:11
The Night-Journey · Verse 11 of 111
وَيَدْعُ الْإِنْسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
As it is (many a time) a human being prays and calls for evil to himself as he ought to pray and call for good. Human being is ever extremely hasty.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds).
Ahmed Ali
Man prays for evil as he prays for good, for man is hasty.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Yet human (through his actions as well as his words) prays and calls for evil just as he prays and calls for good. Human is prone to be hasty.
Daryabadi
And man prayeth for evil the prayer he should make for good, and man is ever hasty.
Faridul Haque
And man prays for evil like the way he seeks goodness; and man is very hasty.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And man prays for evil as he ought to pray for good; and man is ever hasty.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And man prays for evil as he should pray for good; and man is very hasty.
Muhammad Asad
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].
Muhammad Musin Khan
And man invokes (Allah) for evil as he invokes (Allah) for good and man is ever hasty [i.e., if he is angry with somebody, he invokes (saying): "O Allah! Curse him, etc." and that one should not do, but one should be patient].
Muhammad Pickthall
Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty.
Muhammad Sarwar
People pray as earnestly to gain evil as one should to gain virtue. But people are hasty.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And man prays for evil as he ought to pray for good, and man is ever hasty.
Rashad Khalifa
The human being often prays for something that may hurt him, thinking that he is praying for something good. The human being is impatient.
Shabbir Ahmed
Man asks for what is evil for him as he prays for the good. Man is prone to be hasty in judgment.