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Al-Qalam

22:13

Al-Hajj 13

Surah Al-Hajj (الحج), verse 13 — reference 22:13. Arabic text with optional translation and free audio on Al-Qalam.

يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ

yadʿū laman ḍarruhu aqrabu min nafʿihi labi'sa l-mawlā walabi'sa l-ʿashīru

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