Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:12

22:12

يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

yadʿū min dūni l-lahi mā lā yaḍurruhu wamā lā yanfaʿuhu dhālika huwa l-ḍalālu l-baʿīdu

He invokes instead of Allāh that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

— Saheeh International

Instead of God, they call upon what can neither harm nor help them- that is straying far away-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He calls besides Allâh unto that which can neither harm him, nor profit him. That is a straying far away.

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

Juz 17Page 333medinan

Word by Word

يَدْعُوا۟yadʿūHe calls
مِنminbesides
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاmāwhat
لَاlānot
يَضُرُّهُۥyaḍurruhuharms him
وَمَاwamāand what
لَاlānot
يَنفَعُهُۥۚyanfaʿuhubenefits him
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
هُوَhuwa[it]
ٱلضَّلَـٰلُl-ḍalālu(is) the straying
ٱلْبَعِيدُl-baʿīdufar away