He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit. What a miserable master. What a miserable companion.
Al-Hajj 22:13
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يَدْعُو لَمَنْ ضَرُّهُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِ ۚ لَبِئْسَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ الْعَشِيرُ
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He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit. What a miserable master. What a miserable companion.
They pray to things that harm them more than help them. What a terrible protector, and what a terrible friend!
They call on things whose harm is closer than their help — what a terrible protector, and what an awful friend!
He calls upon one whose harm is closer than his benefit. What a wretched protector, and what a wretched companion!
He calls upon one whose harm is closer than his benefit. What a miserable master, and what an evil companion.
He calls upon one whose harm is closer than his benefit. What a miserable master, and what an evil companion.
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his profit: certainly, an evil Maulâ (patron) and certainly an evil friend!
They invoke those whose harm is more likely than their benefit. What a terrible protector and what a terrible associate!
(Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!
He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend!
he calls on that which would sooner harm than help. Such a patron is indeed evil and such a companion is indeed evil.
He invokes those that are more likely to cause him harm than benefit. Such is surely an evil patron, and an evil associate.
He invokes someone whose harm is surely likelier than his benefit. An evil ally indeed, and an evil companion!
YadAAoo laman darruhu aqrabu min nafAAihi labisa almawla walabisa alAAasheeru