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Al-Hajj 22:13

يَدۡعُواْ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقۡرَبُ مِن نَّفۡعِهِۦۚ لَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَوۡلَىٰ وَلَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡعَشِيرُ

They invoke those whose worship leads to harm, not benefit. What an evil patron and what an evil associate!

Word by word

يَدۡعُواْ
yadʿū
He calls
Vocabulary
Root: دعو
لَمَن
laman
(one) who
Vocabulary
ضَرُّهُۥٓ
ḍarruhu
his harm
Vocabulary
أَقۡرَبُ
aqrabu
(is) closer
Vocabulary
Root: قرب
مِن
min
than
Vocabulary
نَّفۡعِهِۦۚ
nafʿihi
his benefit
Vocabulary
لَبِئۡسَ
labi'sa
Surely an evil
Vocabulary
Root: باس
ٱلۡمَوۡلَىٰ
l-mawlā
protector
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
وَلَبِئۡسَ
walabi'sa
and surely an evil
Vocabulary
Root: باس
ٱلۡعَشِيرُ
l-ʿashīru
friend!
Vocabulary
Root: عشر

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.