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Surah al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage ) 22 : 13

يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit – how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(22:13:1)
yadʿū
He calls
(22:13:2)
(22:13:3)
ḍarruhu
his harm
(22:13:4)
aqrabu
(is) closer
(22:13:5)
(22:13:6)
nafʿihi
his benefit
(22:13:7)
labi'sa
Surely, an evil
(22:13:8)
l-mawlā
protector
(22:13:9)
walabi'sa
and surely an evil
(22:13:10)
l-ʿashīru
friend

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Explanatory Note

And above all, it brings about utter loss in the life to come. Hence, the sūrah states: “Vile indeed is such a patron,” which is powerless, able to cause neither harm nor benefit. “And vile the friend,” who brings on such utter loss. All this applies equally to whether the patron and the friend are idols and statues, or human beings raised to the status of deities or semi-deities.

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As this Surah contains the characteristics of both the Makkan and the Madīnan Surahs the commentators have differed as to its period of revelation but in the light of its style and themes we are of the opinion that a part of it (v. 1-24) was sent down in the last stage of the Makkan life of the Prophet a little before migration and the rest (v. 25-78) during the first stage of his Madinah life. That is why this Surah combines the characteristics of both the Makkan and the Madinah Surahs.

According to Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and other great commentators, v. 39 is the first verse that grants the Muslims permission to wage war. Collections of hadith and books on the life of the Prophet confirm that after this permission actual preparations for war were started and the first expedition was sent to the coast of the Red Sea in Safar 2 A.H. which is known as the Expedition of Waddan or Al-Abwa.

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