Surah Al-Hajj · Ayah 13·Madanī

13

لَمَن مِن ﴿١٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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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 8 of 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 42 letters · āyah 13 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 70:21 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

    And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

  • Quran 22:4 · Al-Hajjclose

    كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُۥ مَن تَوَلَّاهُ فَأَنَّهُۥ يُضِلُّهُۥ وَيَهْدِيهِ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    It has been decreed for every devil that whoever turns to him - he will misguide him and will lead him to the punishment of the Blaze.

  • Quran 41:34 · Fussilatclose

    وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌ

    And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a…

  • Quran 16:59 · An-Nahlclose

    يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓ أَيُمْسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِى ٱلتُّرَابِ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they…

  • Quran 96:17 · Al-Alaqclose

    فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُۥ

    Then let him call his associates;

  • Quran 113:5 · Al-Falaqclose

    وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

    And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:732 shared roots

    أَوْ يَنفَعُونَكُمْ أَوْ يَضُرُّونَ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-ر

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2142 shared roots

    وَأَنذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ ٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ

    ع-ش-رق-ر-ب

  • Al-Hajj 22:123 shared roots

    يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رد-ع-و

  • Al-Hajj 22:123 shared roots

    يَدْعُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَضُرُّهُۥ وَمَا لَا يَنفَعُهُۥ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رد-ع-و

  • Yunus 10:1063 shared roots

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

    ن-ف-عض-ر-رد-ع-و

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:662 shared roots

    قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمْ

    ن-ف-عض-ر-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 22:13?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 22:13 include Quran 70:21 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), Quran 22:4 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 41:34 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 16:59 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 70:21 reads: “And when good touches him, withholding [of it],” 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 22:13 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 22:13 (Surah Al-Hajj, The Pilgrimage) reads: “He invokes one whose harm is closer than his benefit - how wretched the protector and how wretched the associate.”

Which surah is verse 22:13 in?

Quran 22:13 is āyah 13 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 22:13?

Tartīl presents Quran 22:13 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.