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| بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ |
| 1. [22:13] | YadAAoo laman darruhu aqrabu minnafAAihi labi/sa almawla walabi/sa alAAasheeru |  يدعو لمن ضره أقرب من نفعه لبئس المولى ولبئس العشيريَدْعُواْ لَمَن ضَرُّهُ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِ لَبِئْسَ الْمَوْلَى وَلَبِئْسَ الْعَشِيرُ | |||||
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| Tahir ul Qadri | وہ اسے پوجتا ہے جس کا نقصان اس کے نفع سے زیادہ قریب ہے، وہ کیا ہی برا مددگار ہے اور کیا ہی برا ساتھی ہے | ||||||
| Yousuf Ali | (Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!
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| Ahmed Ali | ایسے کو پکارتا ہے جس کا ضرر اس کے نفع سے نزدیک تر ہے ایسا کارساز بھی برا اور ایسا رفیق بھی برا ہے | ||||||
| Ahmed Raza Khan | ایسے کو پوجتے نہیں جس کے نفع سے نقصان کی توقع زیادہ ہے بیشک کیا ہی برا مولیٰ اور بیشک کیا ہی برا رفیق، | ||||||
| Shabbir Ahmed | پکارتا ہے وہ اُسے جس کا نقصان زیادہ قریب ہے اُس کے فائدے سے۔ کیا ہی بُرا ہے آقا اور کیا ہی بُرا ہے رفیق۔ | ||||||
| Fateh Muhammad Jalandhary | ایسے شخص کو پکارتا ہے جس کا نقصان فائدہ سے زیادہ قریب ہے۔ ایسا دوست برا بھی اور ایسا ہم صحبت بھی برا | ||||||
| Mehmood Al Hassan | پکارے جاتا ہے اُسکو جس کا ضرر پہلے پہنچے نفع سے بیشک برا دوست ہے اور برا رفیق | ||||||
| Abul Ala Maududi | وہ اُن کو پکارتا ہے جن کا نقصان اُن کے نفع سے قریب تر ہے بدترین ہے اُس کا مولیٰ اور بدترین ہے اُس کا رفیق | ||||||
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| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
| Literal | He calls who (E) his harm (is) nearer/closer than his benefit, how bad (E) (is) the ally, and how bad (E) (is) the associate/companion ? | ||||||
| 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)! | ||||||
| Pickthal | He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend! | ||||||
| Arberry | He calls upon him who is likelier to hurt him, rather than to profit him -- an evil protector indeed, he, an evil friend! | ||||||
| Shakir | He calls upon him whose harm is nearer than his profit; evil certainly is the guardian and evil certainly is the associate. | ||||||
| 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! | ||||||
| H/K/Saheeh | He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate. | ||||||
| Malik | He is calling upon those who are more likely to harm than help; what an evil master and what an evil friend he chooses for help![13] | ||||||
| Maulana Ali** | He calls on him whose harm is nearer than his benefit. Certainly an evil guardian and an evil associate! | ||||||
| Free Minds | He calls on those who harm him more than they benefit him. What a miserable patron, and what a miserable companion. | ||||||
| Qaribullah | He calls upon him whose harm is nearer than his benefit, an evil guide and an evil friend. | ||||||
| George Sale | He will invoke him who will sooner be of hurt to his worshipper than of advantage. Such is surely a miserable patron, and a miserable companion. | ||||||
| JM Rodwell | He calleth on him who would sooner hurt than profit him. Surely, bad the lord, and, surely, bad the vassal! | ||||||
| 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! [The interpolation of "another human being" in the opening clause of this verse is necessitated by the relative pronoun man ("one that" or "who"), which almost always relates to an animate person - in this case a human being who, by allowing himself to be idolized by those who "worship God on the border-line of faith" causes infinite spiritual harm to himself and to his followers. | ||||||
| Khalifa** | He idolizes what is more apt to harm him than benefit him. What a miserable lord! What a miserable companion! | ||||||
| Hilali/Khan** | He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his profit; certainly, and evil Maula (patron) and certainly an evil friend! | ||||||
| QXP Shabbir Ahemd** | He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefits; verily, an evil master, and an evil follower. | ||||||
| Farooq S. Khan | |||||||
| Mohammad Shaikh | |||||||
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| ** - Read with caution - These Translations, specially those which are marked here with **, are considered either incorrect, far-fetched, non-conforming or misleading. For all translations, care must be exercised for certain verses or an alternate translation should be considered. | |||||||
| Verse(s): 1 | Surah : 22 - Al-Hajj | Showing verse 13 of 78 in chapter 22 | |||||
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