Sura 22 Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage), ayah 12

  1. يَدْعُو مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُ وَمَا لَا يَنْفَعُهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الضَّلَالُ الْبَعِيدُ

    Translation by words

    يَدْعُوا۟
    He calls
    مِن
    besides
    دُونِ
    besides
    ٱللَّهِ
    Allah
    مَا
    what
    لَا
    not
    يَضُرُّهُۥ
    harms him
    وَمَا
    and what
    لَا
    not
    يَنفَعُهُۥ
    benefits him.
    ذَٰلِكَ
    That
    هُوَ
    [it]
    ٱلضَّلَٰلُ
    (is) the straying
    ٱلْبَعِيدُ
    far away.

    He invokes instead of Allah that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

    22:12

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 22 Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)