The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
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وَيَدْعُ
الْإِنسَانُ
بِالشَّرِّ
دُعَاءَهُ
بِالْخَيْرِ
وَكَانَ
الْإِنسَانُ
عَجُولًا
wa-yadʿu l-ʾinsānu bi-sh-sharri duʿāʾahū bi-l-khayri wa-kāna l-ʾinsānu ʿajūlan
Man prays for ill as [avidly as] he prays for good, and man is overhasty.
— Ali Quli Qarai
The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds).
