وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- மனிதன். நன்மையாக பிரார்த்தனை செய்வது போலவே (சில சமயம்) தீமைக்காகவும் பிரார்த்திக்கின்றான்; (ஏனென்றால்) மனிதன் அவசரக்காரனாக இருக்கின்றான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද තමන්ගේ යහපත උදෙසා මිනිසා ප්රාර්ථනා කරන්නා සේම (සිය අඥානකම නිසා ඇතැම් විට) අයහපත උදෙසා ද ඔහු ප්රාර්ථනා කරයි. තවද මිනිසා ඉක්මන් සුළු විය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور انسان برائی کی دعائیں مانگنے لگتا ہے بالکل اس کی اپنی بھلائی کی دعا کی طرح، انسان ہے ہی بڑا جلد باز.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 人間の祈りは幸福のためであるべきなのに，かれは災厄のために祈る。凡そ人間はいつも性急である。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 人祈祷祸患，像祈祷幸福一样，人是急躁的。
Tafsir of 17:11
Man's Haste and Prayers against Himself Allah tells us about man's haste and how he sometimes prays against himself or his children or his wealth, praying for something bad to happen for them, or for them to die or be destroyed, invoking curses, etc. If Allah were to answer his prayer, he would be destroyed because of it, as Allah says: وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ الشَّرَّ (And were Allah to hasten for mankind the evil...) 10:11 This is how it was interpreted by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and Qatadah. We have already discussed the Hadith: «لَا تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَلَا عَلَى أَمْوَالِكُمْ أَنْ تُوَافِقُوا مِنَ اللهِ سَاعَةَ إِجَابَةٍ يَسْتَجِيبُ فِيهَا» (Do not pray against yourselves or your wealth, for that might coincide with a time when Allah answers prayers.) What makes the son of Adam do that is his anxiety and haste. Allah says: وَكَانَ الإِنْسَنُ عَجُولاً (And man is ever hasty.) Salman Al-Farisi and Ibn `Abbas mentioned the story of Adam, when he wanted to get up before his soul reached his feet. When his soul was breathed into him, it entered his body from his head downwards.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
