Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:11

17:11

وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولًا

wayadʿu l-insānu bil-shari duʿāahu bil-khayri wakāna l-insānu ʿajūlan

And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

— Saheeh International

Yet man prays for harm, just as he prays for good: man is ever hasty.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And man invokes (Allâh) for evil as he invokes (Allâh) for good and man is ever hasty [i.e., if he is angry with somebody, he invokes (saying): "O Allâh! Curse him" and that one should not do, but one should be patient].

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَيَدْعُwayadʿuAnd prays
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man
بِٱلشَّرِّbil-sharifor evil
دُعَآءَهُۥduʿāahu(as) he prays
بِٱلْخَيْرِۖbil-khayrifor the good
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man
عَجُولًۭاʿajūlanever hasty