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Al-Hajj 22:12 يدعو من دون الله ما لا يضره وما لا ينفعه ذالك هو الضلال البعيد ١٢

22:12
يَدۡعُواْ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
مَا
لَا
يَضُرُّهُۥ
وَمَا
لَا
يَنفَعُهُۥۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
هُوَ
ٱلضَّلَٰلُ
ٱلۡبَعِيدُ
١٢
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.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The meaning of worshipping Allah as it were upon the edge

Mujahid, Qatadah and others said:

عَلَى حَرْفٍ

(upon the edge) means, in doubt. Others said that it meant on the edge, such as on the edge or side of a mountain, i.e., (this person) enters Islam on the edge, and if he finds what he likes he will

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The meaning of worshipping Allah as it were upon the edge

Mujahid, Qatadah and others said:

عَلَى حَرْفٍ

(upon the edge) means, in doubt. Others said tha

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Chapter 22, Page 333, Juz 17

11. And among men there is one who worships Allah (standing) on the verge: so if some good thing happens to him, he is satisfied with it, and if a trial befalls him, he turns his face back. He loses both this world and the Hereafter. That is the manifest loss. 12. 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. 13. He, rather, prays to someone whose harm is more likely than his benefit. Wretched is such a patron and wretched is such a companion. 14. Surely, Allah will admit those who believe and do good deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow. Surely Allah does what He intends.

- T. Usmani

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