Surah Al-Hajj, ayah 12
يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ
He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
Al-Hajj · 22:12
Word by word
- يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūHe calls
- مِنminbesides
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مَاmāwhat
- لَاlānot
- يَضُرُّهُۥyaḍurruhuharms him
- وَمَاwamāand what
- لَاlānot
- يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚyanfaʿuhubenefits him
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
- هُوَhuwa[it]
- ٱلضَّلَـٰلُl-ḍalālu(is) the straying
- ٱلْبَعِيدُl-baʿīdufar away
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