Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
As it is, man [often] prays for things that are bad as if he were praying for something that is good: for man is prone to be hasty [in his judgments]
Arthur John Arberry
Man prays for evil, as he prays for good; man is ever hasty
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds)
Arabic
وَیَدۡعُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَاۤءَهُۥ بِٱلۡخَیۡرِۖ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولࣰا ١١
Transliteration (2021)
wayadʿu l-insānu bil-shari duʿāahu bil-khayri wakāna l-insānu ʿajūla