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Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 13 (22:13)

ٱلْحَجّ

يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ

Quran 22:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 333 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:13
يَدْعُوا۟لَمَنضَرُّهُۥٓأَقْرَبُمِننَّفْعِهِۦ ۚلَبِئْسَٱلْمَوْلَىٰوَلَبِئْسَٱلْعَشِيرُ١٣
yadʿū laman ḍarruhu aqrabu min nafʿihi labi'sa l-mawlā walabi'sa l-ʿashīru

He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.(13)

Word by word

  1. يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūHe calls
  2. لَمَنlaman(one) who
  3. ضَرُّهُۥٓḍarruhuhis harm
  4. أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) closer
  5. مِنminthan
  6. نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚnafʿihihis benefit
  7. لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely, an evil
  8. ٱلْمَوْلَىٰl-mawlāprotector
  9. وَلَبِئْسَwalabi'saand surely an evil
  10. ٱلْعَشِيرُl-ʿashīrufriend

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