سورة الحَجّ
Surah Al-Hajj 22:13
The Pilgrimage · Verse 13 of 78
يَدْعُو لَمَنْ ضَرُّهُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِ ۚ لَبِئْسَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ الْعَشِيرُ
Abdul Mannan Omar
He calls upon him whose harm is much more likely than his good. How evil is this false god to be his patron and how evil is (he to be) his associate!
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!
Ahmed Ali
They pray to him whose bane is more imminent than his boon: How bad the protector and how bad the associate!
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Ali Unal
He even invokes the being that is far more likely to cause harm than benefit: what evil a patron, and what evil an associate!
Daryabadi
He calleth upon him whose hurt is nearer than his profit: surely ill the patron! ill the comrade!
Faridul Haque
They worship one from whom harm is expected more than the benefit; indeed what an evil master and indeed what an evil friend!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He calls on him whose harm is nearer than his benefit. Certainly an evil guardian and an evil associate!
Maulvi Sher Ali
He calls on him whose harm is much more likely than his benefit. Evil indeed is the patron, and evil indeed the associate.
Muhammad Asad
[And sometimes] he invokes [another human being - ] one that is far more likely to cause harm than benefit: vile, indeed, is such a patron, and vile the follower!
Muhammad Musin Khan
He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his profit; certainly, and evil Maula (patron) and certainly an evil friend!
Muhammad Pickthall
He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend!
Muhammad Sarwar
Their worship of such things, in which there is no hope for any benefit, can only harm them. How terrible is such a guardian and companion!
Muhammed ali Shakir
He calls upon him whose harm is nearer than his profit; evil certainly is the guardian and evil certainly is the associate.
Rashad Khalifa
He idolizes what is more apt to harm him than benefit him. What a miserable lord! What a miserable companion!
Shabbir Ahmed
He calls to him whose harm is nearer than his benefits, an evil master, and an evil follower.