Al-Hajj Verse 12

They call besides Allah what can neither harm nor benefit them. That is ˹truly˺ the farthest one can stray.

They invoke besides Allah what can neither harm nor benefit them. That is the farthest misguidance.

He calls, apart from God, upon that which hurts him not, and which neither profits him anything; that is indeed the far error.

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

He calleth upon that, beside Allah, which can neither hurt him nor profit him! that! it is a straying far-off.

They call on such deities, besides Allah, as can neither hurt nor profit them; that is straying far indeed (from the Way)!

He invokes, instead of Allah, those who can neither harm nor benefit him. That indeed is straying far away.

Leaving God they pray to those who cannot harm or profit them. That is the limit of going astray.

They worship such, beside Allah, which neither harms them nor benefits them; this only is the extreme error.

He invokes besides Allah that which can bring him neither benefit nor harm. That is extreme error.

He invokes, apart from God, that which can neither harm nor benefit him. That indeed is straying very far away.

He calls, apart from Allâh, upon the things which can do him neither harm nor good. That, indeed, is straying far away.

He calls from other than God what does not harm him and what does not benefit him, that (is) the misguidance thefar/distant.

They worship such, beside Allah, which neither harms them nor benefits them; this only is the extreme error.

And amongst men are those who serve Allah wavering on a brink; so that if there befall him good, he is comforted; but if there befall him a trial, he falls away. He loses both this world and the Hereafter - that is an obvious loss.

He calls besides Allah unto that which hurts him not, nor profits him. That is a straying far away.

And among men is he who serves Allah, (standing) on the verge, so that if good befalls him he is satisfied therewith, but if a trial afflicts him he turns back headlong. He loses this world and the Hereafter. That is a manifest loss.

He calls besides Allah upon that which does not harm him and that which does not profit him, that is the great straying.

He calleth, beside Allah, unto that which hurteth him not nor benefiteth him. That is the far error.

They worship things instead of God which can neither harm them nor benefit them. This is indeed to stray far away from the right path.

He calls to other than Allah, to that which neither hurts him, nor benefits him; that is indeed far error.

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

He calls on, instead of God, something that can neither harm him, nor benefit him. That is indeed straying far away --

He invokes, instead of God, what can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is the far straying.

He calls on, he worships, besides God, in the way of idols, that which could not hurt him, should he refrain from worshipping it, and that which could not profit him, if were to worship it. Such, a call, is extreme error, from the truth.

يَدْعُو مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُ

He calls besides Allah unto that which can neither harm him nor profit him.

means, the idols, rivals, and false gods which he calls upon for help, support and provision -- they can neither benefit him nor harm him.

ذَلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَلُ الْبَعِيدُ



That is a straying far away.