Surah Al-Hajj, ayah 13
يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
Al-Hajj · 22:13
Word by word
- يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūHe calls
- لَمَنlaman(one) who
- ضَرُّهُۥٓḍarruhuhis harm
- أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) closer
- مِنminthan
- نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚnafʿihihis benefit
- لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely, an evil
- ٱلْمَوْلَىٰl-mawlāprotector
- وَلَبِئْسَwalabi'saand surely an evil
- ٱلْعَشِيرُl-ʿashīrufriend
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