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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) · Ayah 13

يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ 13

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

يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūHe calls
لَمَنlaman(one) who
noun
ضَرُّهُۥٓḍarruhuhis harm
أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) closer
قربq-r-badjective
مِنminthan
نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚnafʿihihis benefit
لَبِئْسَlabi'saSurely, an evil
ٱلْمَوْلَىٰl-mawlāprotector
وَلَبِئْسَwalabi'saand surely an evil
ٱلْعَشِيرُl-ʿashīrufriend
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