Surah Al-Hajj 22:13

The Pilgrimage · Verse 13 of 78 · Juz 17 · Page 333

يَدْعُوا۟ لَمَن ضَرُّهُۥٓ أَقْرَبُ مِن نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚ لَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَلَبِئْسَ ٱلْعَشِيرُ

He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

He calls on him the lām of la-man is extra whose harm when worshipped is likelier than his benefit even if he were to have any benefit as he imagines him to have. Truly an evil patron is he that is an evil helper and an evil friend an evil companion is he. …

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 22:13, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.