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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 11of 111

وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًۭا﴿١١

Translation (Sahih International)

And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Man's Haste and Prayers against HimselfAllah tells us about man's haste and how he sometimes prays against himself or his children or his wealth, praying for something bad to happen for them, or for them to die or be destroyed, invoking curses, etc. If Allah were to answer his prayer, he would be destroyed because of it, as Allah says:وَلَوْ يُعَجِّلُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ الشَّرَّ(And were Allah to hasten for mankind the evil...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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