17:11
وَيَدْعُ الْإِنسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَاءَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ عَجُولًا
Transliteration:
WayadAAu al-insanu bialshsharri duAAaahu bialkhayri wakana al-insanu AAajoolan
Word by Word:
And prays the man for evil (as) he prays for the good. And is the man ever hasty.
Translations:
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].
The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds).
Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty.
And man prays for evil as he ought to pray for good; and man is ever hasty.
And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.