Surah Al-Isra 17:11

The Night Journey · Verse 11 of 111 · Juz 15 · Page 283

وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولًا

And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

And man prays for ill against himself and his family when he is frustrated as avidly as he prays for good. And mankind is ever hasty to pray against himself without contemplating the consequence thereof.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 17:11, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.