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Today’s verse

Surah Al-Hajj · Ayah 13

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يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ

Yad'oo laman darruhooo aqrabu min naf'ih; labi'salmawlaa wa labi'sal 'asheer

“He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend!”

— Pickthall

“(Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!”

— Yusuf Ali

“He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.”

— Sahih International

“সে এমন কিছুকে ডাকে, যার অপকার উপকারের আগে পৌছে। কত মন্দ এই বন্ধু এবং কত মন্দ এই সঙ্গী।”

— Muhiuddin Khan

“ایسے شخص کو پکارتا ہے جس کا نقصان فائدہ سے زیادہ قریب ہے۔ ایسا دوست برا بھی اور ایسا ہم صحبت بھی برا”

— مولانا فتح محمد جالندھری
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Reciter: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary

Surah Al-Hajj 13 — Iqrayah · Iqrayah