Surat Al-hajj Verse No. 13: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 13 from Surah Al-hajj : Number of verses 78 - - page 333 - Part 17.
﴾يَدۡعُواْ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقۡرَبُ مِن نَّفۡعِهِۦۚ لَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَوۡلَىٰ وَلَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡعَشِيرُ ﴿
[ الحج: 13]
He calls unto him whose harm is nearer than his profit; certainly, and evil Maula (patron) and certainly an evil friend!
English - Sahih International
He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(22:13) He invokes those who are more likely to do him harm than good. *18 What an evil guardian he chooses and what an evil companion ! *19
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*18) Vv. 12-13 clarify two things about the deities whom the mushriks invoke. Firstly, they can do a person neither any good nor any harm; nay, it is more probable that they do harm rather than good. For when the mushrik invokes other deities than Allah, he loses his faith forthwith. Secondly, the mushrik himself knows that there is no guarantee or probability of any good from his `god' who is utterly helpless and powerless. As regards the occasional grant of his request through his god, this is done by Allah merely to test his faith.
*19) That is, the one, who leads a person to the way of shirk is the worst guardian and the worst comrade, whether he be a human being or a satan.