Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the thirteenth verse of chapter 22 (sūrat l-ḥaj). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (22) sūrat l-ḥaj (The Pilgrimage)

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

Pickthall: He calleth unto him whose harm is nearer than his benefit; verily an evil patron and verily an evil friend!

Yusuf Ali: (Perhaps) they call on one whose hurt is nearer than his profit: evil, indeed, is the patron, and evil the companion (or help)!

Shakir: He calls upon him whose harm is nearer than his profit; evil certainly is the guardian and evil certainly is the associate.

Muhammad Sarwar: Their worship of such things, in which there is no hope for any benefit, can only harm them. How terrible is such a guardian and companion!

Mohsin Khan: He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his profit; certainly, and evil Maula (patron) and certainly an evil friend!

Arberry: He calls upon him who is likelier to hurt him, rather than to profit him -- an evil protector indeed, he, an evil friend!

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See Also

• Verse (22:13) Morphology - description of each Arabic word