The human being prays for evil as he prays for good. The human being is very hasty.
Al-Isra' 17:11
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وَيَدْعُ الْإِنْسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًا
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The human being prays for evil as he prays for good. The human being is very hasty.
People sometimes pray for bad things, just like they pray for good things. People are always in a hurry.
Humans pray for bad things just as eagerly as they pray for good things. Humans are always in a hurry.
Man prays for evil as he prays for good. Man is ever hasty.
The human being prays for evil as he prays for good. The human being is ever hasty.
The human being prays for evil as he prays for good. The human being is ever hasty.
And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.
And man invokes (Allâh) for evil as he invokes (Allâh) for good and man is ever hasty [i.e., if he is angry with somebody, he invokes (saying): "O Allâh! Curse him" and that one should not do, but one should be patient].
Man prays for evil as he prays for good, for man is ever hasty.
The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds).
Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty.
Yet man asks for evil as eagerly as he should ask for good. Truly, man is indeed hasty.
Man prays for evil in the manner he ought to pray for good. Man is ever hasty.
Man prays for ill as [avidly as] he prays for good, and man is overhasty.
WayadAAu alinsanu bialshsharri duAAaahu bialkhayri wakana alinsanu AAajoolan