Quran 17:11 — Al-Israa, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet man prays for harm, just as he prays for good: man is ever hasty.
وَيَدْعُ الْإِنْسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ عَجُولًا
wayadʿu l-insānu bil-shari duʿāahu bil-khayri wakāna l-insānu ʿajūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Man prays for evil, as he prays for good; man is ever hasty.
- Muhammad Asad
- As it is, man [often] prays for things that are bad as if he were praying for something that is good: for man is prone to be hasty [in his judgments].
- Sahih International
- And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَدْعُwayadʿu | And prays | دعو |
| 2 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu | the man | أنس |
| 3 | بِٱلشَّرِّbil-shari | for evil | شرر |
| 4 | دُعَآءَهُۥduʿāahu | (as) he prays | دعو |
| 5 | بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖbil-khayri | for the good | خير |
| 6 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 7 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu | the man | أنس |
| 8 | عَجُولًۭاʿajūlan | ever hasty | عجل |