يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- எவனது தீமை, அவனது நன்மையை விட மிக நெருங்கியிருக்கிறதோ அவனையே அவன் பிரார்த்திக்கிறான் - திடமாக (அவன் தேடும்) பாதுகாவலனும் கெட்டவன்; (அப்பாதுகாவலனை அண்டி நிற்பவனும்) கெட்ட தோழனே.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔහුගේ ප්රයෝජනයට වඩා ඔහුගේ හානිය සමීපව ඇත්තාගෙන් ඔහු අයැද සිටියි. (එසේ ඔහු පතන) එම භාරකරු නපුරු විය. තවද එම සහකරු නපුරු විය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اسے پکارتے ہیں جس کا نقصان اس کے نفع سے زیاده قریب ہے، یقیناً برے والی ہیں اور برے ساتھی.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは自分を益するものよりも，害の方に近いものに向かって祈る。何と悪い保護者であり，悪い仲間であることよ。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他祈祷那有近祸而无远福的东西，他的援助者真恶劣！做他的同伴的真恶劣！
Tafsir of 22:13
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)
