Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 12 (22:12)

ٱلْحَجّ

يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ …

Quran 22:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 333 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:12
يَدْعُوا۟مِندُونِٱللَّهِمَالَايَضُرُّهُۥوَمَالَايَنفَعُهُۥ ۚذَٰلِكَهُوَٱلضَّلَٰلُٱلْبَعِيدُ١٢
yadʿū min dūni l-lahi mā lā yaḍurruhu wamā lā yanfaʿuhu dhālika huwa l-ḍalālu l-baʿīdu

He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.(12)

Word by word

  1. يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūHe calls
  2. مِنminbesides
  3. دُونِdūnibesides
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  5. مَاmāwhat
  6. لَاlānot
  7. يَضُرُّهُۥyaḍurruhuharms him
  8. وَمَاwamāand what
  9. لَاlānot
  10. يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚyanfaʿuhubenefits him
  11. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  12. هُوَhuwa[it]
  13. ٱلضَّلَٰلُl-ḍalālu(is) the straying
  14. ٱلْبَعِيدُl-baʿīdufar away

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