Quran 22 : 12

He calls from besides Allah what not harms him and what not benefits him. That [it] (is) the straying far away.
يَدْعُوا۟
Yadʿūa
مِن
Min
دُونِ
Dūni
ٱللَّهِ
Allahi
مَا
لَا
يَضُرُّهُۥ
Yaḍurruhu
وَمَا
Wamā
لَا
يَنفَعُهُۥ
Yanfaʿuhu
ذَٰلِكَ
Dhaālika
هُوَ
Huwa
ٱلضَّلَٰلُ
Aḍḍalaālu
ٱلْبَعِيدُ
Albaʿīdu

N J Dawood 2014

They call on idols which can neither harm nor help them. That is the extreme error

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

He prays to, instead of God, what neither harms nor benefits him. That is straying far.

Edward Henry Palmer

He calls, besides God, on what can neither harm him nor profit him;- that is a wide error

Musharraf Hussain

Instead of Allah they call on what cannot harm or benefit them. That’s straying far away.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He calls besides Allah on that which harms him not, nor benefits him; that is straying far

Hamid S. Aziz

He calls, besides Allah, on what can neither harm him nor profit him - that is a wide error

Abdel Haleem

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

The Wise Quran

He calls, besides God on what neither harms him nor profits him; - that, it is the far error.

Mustaqim

He calls besides Allah on what does neither harm nor benefit him - that is the extensive error.

Talal Itani (2012)

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

Ahmed Ali

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

Ali Quli Qara'i

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

Hilali - Khan

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

Mir Aneesuddin

Besides Allah he prays to that which neither harms him nor benefits him, that is going far astray.

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

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

The Study Quran

He calls, apart from God, upon that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is extreme error

Rashad Khalifa

He idolizes beside GOD what possesses no power to harm him or benefit him; such is the real straying.

Samy Mahdy

He calls, without Allah, what is neither harming him nor benefiting him. That is the farthest astray.

Aisha Bewley

Instead of Allah, he calls on something which cannot harm him or help him. That is extreme misguidance.

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

He calls upon besides God what will not harm him and what will not benefit him. Such is the far straying

Bilal Muhammad 2018

They call on such deities besides God, who can neither hurt nor profit them. That is straying far indeed

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

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

John Medows Rodwell

He calleth upon that beside God which can neither hurt him nor profit him. This same is the far-gone error

Maududi

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

Safi Kaskas

Instead of God, he calls upon what can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is the ultimate misguidance.

Sher Ali

He calls beside ALLAH on that which can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is indeed straying far away

Faridul Haque

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

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

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

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He calls to other than God what neither hurts him nor profits him. That, it is a far wandering astray.

Ali Ünal

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

T.B.Irving

He appeals to something that neither harms him nor yet benefits him, instead of to God. That is extreme error;

Corpus.Quran

He calls besides besides Allah what not harms him and what not benefits him That [it] (is) the straying far away

Wahiduddin Khan

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

George Sale

He will call upon that, besides God, which can neither hurt him, nor profit him. This is an error remote from truth

Fode Drame

He calls besides Allah that which does not harm him neither does it benefit him. That is the misguidance far astray.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

They worship beside Allah such that which can neither do neither bad nor good to them. This is indeed straying a-far.

Irving/Hegab

He appeals to something that neither harms him nor yet benefits him, instead of to Allah (God). That is extreme loss;

Munir Mezyed

He implores and prays, apart from Allâh, to that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is the extreme error.

Ahmed Hulusi

He turns to things besides Allah, which neither benefit him nor harm him... This is a real deviation (from the Truth)!

Amatul Rahman Omar

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

Mustafa Khattab 2018

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

Shakir

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

Mohammad Shafi

He prays to someone — other than Allah — who can neither harm nor benefit him. That is going far, far astray

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

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

Shabbir Ahmed

He calls on, instead of Allah, that which neither can harm him nor benefit him. This is indeed the utmost one can go astray

Bakhtiari Nejad

He calls on other than God, something (or someone) that does not harm him and does not benefit him. That is the major error.

Arthur John Arberry

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

Abdul Hye

Then he calls (other deities) besides Allah which neither hurt, nor profit. That is a deviation far away (from the Right Way).

Dr. Kamal Omar

He invokes besides Allah that which harms him not and that which benefits him not. This one: it is the straying, far and remote

Linda "iLham" Barto

Instead of on Allah, he/she calls on (false idols) that can neither harm nor profit him/her. That is wandering too far indeed!

Muhammad Sarwar

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

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

(Such a person) worships besides Allah that (idol) which can neither harm nor bring him benefit. That is indeed straying (quite) far off

Dr. Munir Munshey

Instead of Allah, they pray to such deities that can inflict no harm, and award no benefits. That is surely the worst kind of misguidance

MunirMezyed2023

Instead of Allâh, he calls upon that which can neither harm nor benefit him. That is the extreme deviation from the plain path of truth.

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

He invokes, apart from Allah, that which does not harm him and which neither profits him (anything); that is the thing that is in far error

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

He prays to someone, instead of Allah, who can neither harm him nor benefit him. That is the error that takes him too far from the right path

Syed Vickar Ahamed

He (in disbelief) calls on other gods besides Allah, (those) who can neither harm nor help him: Truly, that is going far away (from the right)

Muhammad Asad

[By behaving thus,] he invokes, instead of God, something that can neither harm nor benefit him: [and] this is indeed the utmost one can go astray

Bijan Moeinian

The real looser is the one who worships other than God (in any form or shape.) That is because, such idols can neither help him nor inflict a harm upon him (what a waste of time to worship it then.