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Al-Isra 17:11 ويدع الانسان بالشر دعاءه بالخير وكان الانسان عجولا ١١

17:11
وَيَدۡعُ
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ
بِٱلشَّرِّ
دُعَآءَهُۥ
بِٱلۡخَيۡرِۖ
وَكَانَ
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ
عَجُولٗا
١١
Man prays for evil like his prayer for good, and man is so hasty.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Man's Haste and Prayers against Himself

Allah tells us about man's haste and how he sometimes prays against himself or his children or his wealth, praying for something bad to happen for them, or for them to die or be destroyed, invoking curses, etc. If Allah were to answer his prayer, he would be de

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Man's Haste and Prayers against Himself

Allah tells us about man's haste and how he sometimes prays against himself or his children or his wealth, pray

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Chapter 17, Page 283, Juz 15

11. Man prays for evil like his prayer for good, and man is so hasty. 12. We have made the night and the day two signs, then We made the sign of night marked by darkness and the sign of day bright, so that you may seek grace from your Lord, and that you may know how to number the years and how to compute, and We have expounded everything in detail. 13. We have tied up every human’s fortune to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We will bring forth a book for him that he will find wide open, 14. (and We will say to him) “Read your book. Enough are you today to take your own account.”

- T. Usmani

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