يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவன், அல்லாஹ்வையன்றி, தனக்குத் தீங்கிழைக்க முடியாததையும், இன்னும் தனக்கு நன்மையும் செய்யாததையுமே பிரார்த்திக்கிறான் - இதுதான் நெடிய வழிகேடாகும்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔහු අල්ලාහ් හැර දමා තමන්ට හානියක් සිදු කළ නො හැකි එමෙන් ම තමන්ට ඵලක් නො දෙන දෑට අයැද සිටියි. එය මය අන්ත මුළාව වනුයේ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اللہ کے سوا انہیں پکارتے ہیں جو نہ انہیں نقصان پہنچا سکیں نہ نفع۔ یہی تو دور دراز کی گمراہی ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらはアッラーを外にして，自分に害もなくまた益もないものに祈る。これは遠く迷う者である。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他舍真主而祈祷那对于他既无祸又无福的东西，这是不近情理的迷误。
Tafsir of 22:12
The meaning of worshipping Allah as it were upon the edge Mujahid, Qatadah and others said: عَلَى حَرْفٍ (upon the edge) means, in doubt. Others said that it meant on the edge, such as on the edge or side of a mountain, i.e., (this person) enters Islam on the edge, and if he finds what he likes he will continue, otherwise he will leave. Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said: وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَى حَرْفٍ (And among mankind is he who worships Allah as it were upon the edge.) "People would come to Al-Madinah to declare their Islam and if their wives gave birth to sons and their mares gave birth to foals, they would say, `This is a good religion,' but if their wives and their mares did not give birth, they would say, `This is a bad religion."' Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "One of them would come to Al-Madinah, which was a land that was infected with a contagious disease.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
