Surah Al-Hajj · Ayah 12·Madanī

12

مِن مَا لَا وَمَا لَا ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ﴿١٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 7 roots in 7 of 14 words

Recitation · 17 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

14 words · 48 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 12 of 78

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 46:32 · Al-Ahqafvery close

    وَمَن لَّا يُجِبْ دَاعِىَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَيْسَ بِمُعْجِزٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَيْسَ لَهُۥ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءُ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allah will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."

  • Quran 10:106 · Yunusvery close

    وَلَا تَدْعُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ فَإِن فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And do not invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor harms you, for if you did, then indeed you would be of the wrongdoers.'"

  • Quran 61:7 · As-Saffvery close

    وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ يُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلْإِسْلَٰمِ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah untruth while he is being invited to Islam. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

  • Quran 39:37 · Az-Zumarvery close

    وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن مُّضِلٍّ أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِعَزِيزٍ ذِى ٱنتِقَامٍ

    And whoever Allah guides - for him there is no misleader. Is not Allah Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution?

  • Quran 4:143 · An-Nisaavery close

    مُّذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ لَآ إِلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَلَآ إِلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ سَبِيلًا

    Wavering between them, [belonging] neither to the believers nor to the disbelievers. And whoever Allah leaves astray - never will you find for him a way.

  • Quran 46:5 · Al-Ahqafvery close

    وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّن يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَن لَّا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَهُمْ عَن دُعَآئِهِمْ غَٰفِلُونَ

    And who is more astray than he who invokes besides Allah those who will not respond to him until the Day of Resurrection, and they, of their invocation, are unaware.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Yunus 10:1065 shared roots

    وَلَا تَدْعُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكَ وَلَا يَضُرُّكَ فَإِن فَعَلْتَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رد-و-ند-ع-وأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:664 shared roots

    قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:732 shared roots

    أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-ر

  • Al-Maaida 5:764 shared roots

    قُلْ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Furqaan 25:554 shared roots

    وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُهُمْ وَلَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَكَانَ ٱلْكَافِرُ عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ ظَهِيرًا

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رد-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:744 shared roots

    مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ قَالُوا۟ ضَلُّوا۟ عَنَّا بَل لَّمْ نَكُن نَّدْعُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ شَيْـًٔا كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    د-و-نض-ل-لد-ع-وأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 22:12?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 22:12 include Quran 46:32 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), Quran 10:106 (Surah Yunus), Quran 61:7 (Surah As-Saff), and Quran 39:37 (Surah Az-Zumar). For example, 46:32 reads: “But he who does not respond to the Caller of Allah will not cause failure [to Him] upon earth, and he will not have besides Him any protectors. Those are in manifest error."” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 22:12 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 22:12 (Surah Al-Hajj, The Pilgrimage) reads: “He invokes instead of Allah that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.”

Which surah is verse 22:12 in?

Quran 22:12 is āyah 12 of Surah Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage), chapter 22 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 22:12?

Tartīl presents Quran 22:12 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.