He invokes, instead of Allah, what can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is the far straying.
Al-Hajj 22:12
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يَدْعُو مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُ وَمَا لَا يَنْفَعُهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ
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He invokes, instead of God, what can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is the far straying.
They pray to things other than Allah, things that can't hurt them or help them. That's being very far away from the right path.
They pray to things besides Allah that can't harm them or help them at all — that's the far-off misguidance.
He calls upon, besides God, what neither harms him nor benefits him. That is the extreme misguidance.
He calls, apart from Allah, upon what neither harms him nor benefits him. That is the far straying.
He calls, apart from God, upon what neither harms him nor benefits him. That is the far straying.
He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
He calls besides Allâh unto that which can neither harm him, nor profit him. That is a straying far away.
They invoke besides Allah what can neither harm nor benefit them. That is the farthest misguidance.
They call on such deities, besides Allah, as can neither hurt nor profit them: that is straying far indeed (from the Way)!
He calleth, beside Allah, unto that which hurteth him not nor benefiteth him. That is the far error.
He calls on, instead of God, something that can neither harm him, nor benefit him. That is indeed straying far away --
He invokes, instead of Allah, those who can neither harm nor benefit him. That indeed is straying far away.
He invokes besides Allah that which can bring him neither benefit nor harm. That is extreme error.
YadAAoo min dooni Allahi ma la yadurruhu wama la yanfaAAuhu thalika huwa alddalalu albaAAeedu