Surah Al-Isra: Arabic, Transliteration & Translation
الإسْرَاء
- Surah 17
- 111 verses
- Meccan
- Juz 15
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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
سُبْحٰنَ الَّذِيْٓ اَسْرٰى بِعَبْدِهٖ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ اِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْاَقْصَا الَّذِيْ بٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهٗ لِنُرِيَهٗ مِنْ اٰيٰتِنَاۗ اِنَّهٗ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْبَصِيْرُ
Subhaanal-ladzii asra bi'abdihi lailaa minal masjidil haraami ilal masjidil aqshaal-ladzii baaraknaa haulahu linuriyahu min aayaatinaa innah huwassamii'ul bashiir(u)
Holy is He Who carried His servant by night from the Holy Mosque (in Makkah) to the farther Mosque (in Jerusalem) whose surroundings We have blessed that We might show him some of Our Signs. Indeed He alone is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
وَاٰتَيْنَا مُوْسَى الْكِتٰبَ وَجَعَلْنٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ اَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِيْ وَكِيْلًاۗ
Waaatainaa muusal kitaaba waja'alnaahu hudan libanii israa-iila alaa tattakhidzuu min duunii wakiilaa
We gave Moses the Book, and made it a source of guidance for the Children of Israel, commanding: "Take no other Guardian beside Me."
ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوْحٍۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُوْرًا
Dzurrii-yata man hamalnaa ma'a nuuhin innahu kaana 'abdan syakuuran
You are the descendants of those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah. He was truly a thankful servant.
وَقَضَيْنَآ اِلٰى بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ فِى الْكِتٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى الْاَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيْرًا
Waqadhainaa ila banii-isra-iila fiil kitaabi latufsidunna fiil ardhi marrataini walata'lunna 'uluu-wan kabiiran
Then We clearly declared to the Children of Israel in the Book: "Twice you will make mischief in the land and will commit transgression."
فَاِذَا جَاۤءَ وَعْدُ اُوْلٰىهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَآ اُولِيْ بَأْسٍ شَدِيْدٍ فَجَاسُوْا خِلٰلَ الدِّيَارِۗ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُوْلًا
Fa-idzaa jaa-a wa'du uulaahumaa ba'atsnaa 'alaikum 'ibaadan lanaa uulii ba'sin syadiidin fajaasuu khilaaladdiyaari wakaana wa'dan maf'uulaa
So, when the occasion for the first of the transgressions arrived, We raised against you some of Our creatures who were full of might, and they ran over the whole of your land. This was a promise that was bound to be fulfilled.
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ الْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَاَمْدَدْنٰكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَّبَنِيْنَ وَجَعَلْنٰكُمْ اَكْثَرَ نَفِيْرًا
Tsumma radadnaa lakumul karrata 'alaihim wa-amdadnaakum biamwaalin wabaniina waja'alnaakum aktsara nafiiran
Then We granted you an upper hand against them, and strengthened you with wealth and children, and multiplied your numbers.
اِنْ اَحْسَنْتُمْ اَحْسَنْتُمْ لِاَنْفُسِكُمْ ۗوَاِنْ اَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَاۗ فَاِذَا جَاۤءَ وَعْدُ الْاٰخِرَةِ لِيَسٗۤـُٔوْا وُجُوْهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوْهُ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَّلِيُتَبِّرُوْا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيْرًا
In ahsantum ahsantum anfusikum wa-in asa'tum falahaa fa-idzaa jaa-a wa'du-aakhirati liyasuwuu wujuuhakum waliyadkhuluul masjida kamaa dakhaluuhu au-wala marratin waliyutabbiruu maa 'alau tatbiiran
Whenever you did good, it was to your own advantage; and whenever you committed evil, it was to your own disadvantage. So, when the time of the fulfilment of the second promise arrived, (We raised other enemies that would) disfigure your faces and enter the Temple (of Jerusalem) as they had entered the first time, and destroy whatever they could lay their hands on.
عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يَّرْحَمَكُمْۚ وَاِنْ عُدْتُّمْ عُدْنَاۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكٰفِرِيْنَ حَصِيْرًا
Asa rabbukum an yarhamakum wa-in 'udtum 'udnaa waja'alnaa jahannama lilkaafiriina hashiiran
Your Lord may well show Mercy to you, but if you revert to your evil behaviour, We shall revert to chastising you. We have made Hell a prison for those who are thankless of Allah's bounties.
اِنَّ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنَ يَهْدِيْ لِلَّتِيْ هِيَ اَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ يَعْمَلُوْنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ اَجْرًا كَبِيْرًاۙ
Inna hadzaal quraana yahdii lillatii hiya aqwamu wayubasy-syirul mu'miniinal-ladziina ya'maluunash-shaalihaati anna lahum ajran kabiiran
Verily this Qur'an guides to the Way that is the Straight most. To those who believe in it, and do righteous works, it gives the good news that a great reward awaits them,
وَّاَنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ اَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا اَلِيْمًا ࣖ
Wa-annal-ladziina laa yu'minuuna bil-aakhirati a'tadnaa lahum 'adzaaban aliiman
and warns those who do not believe in the Hereafter that We have prepared for them a grievous chastisement.
وَيَدْعُ الْاِنْسَانُ بِالشَّرِّ دُعَاۤءَهٗ بِالْخَيْرِۗ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ عَجُوْلًا
Wayad'u-insaanu bisy-syarri du'aa-ahu bil khairi wakaana-insaanu 'ajuulaa
Man prays for evil in the manner he ought to pray for good. Man is ever hasty.
وَجَعَلْنَا الَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ اٰيَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَآ اٰيَةَ الَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ اٰيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوْا فَضْلًا مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوْا عَدَدَ السِّنِيْنَ وَالْحِسَابَۗ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَصَّلْنٰهُ تَفْصِيْلًا
Waja'alnaallaila wannahaara aayataini famahaunaa aayatallaili waja'alnaa aayatannahaari mubshiratan litabtaghuu fadhlaa min rabbikum walita'lamuu 'adadassiniina wal hisaaba wakulla syai-in fash-shalnaahu tafshiilaa
We have made night and day as two signs. We made the sign of the night devoid of light, and made the sign of the day radiant that you may seek the bounty of your Lord and know the computation of years and numbers. Thus We have expounded everything in detail to keep everything distinct from the other.
وَكُلَّ اِنْسَانٍ اَلْزَمْنٰهُ طٰۤىِٕرَهٗ فِيْ عُنُقِهٖۗ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهٗ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ كِتٰبًا يَّلْقٰىهُ مَنْشُوْرًا
Wakulla insaanin alzamnaahu thaa-irahu fii 'unuqihi wanukhriju lahu yaumal qiyaamati kitaaban yalqaahu mansyuuran
We have fastened every man's omen to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection We shall produce for him his scroll in the shape of a wide open book, (saying):
اِقْرَأْ كِتَابَكَۗ كَفٰى بِنَفْسِكَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيْبًاۗ
Aqra' kitaabaka kafa binafsikal yauma 'alaika hasiiban
"Read your scroll; this Day you suffice to take account of yourself."
مَنِ اهْتَدٰى فَاِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِيْ لِنَفْسِهٖۚ وَمَنْ ضَلَّ فَاِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَاۗ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِّزْرَ اُخْرٰىۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِيْنَ حَتّٰى نَبْعَثَ رَسُوْلًا
Mani ihtada fa-innamaa yahtadii linafsihi waman dhalla fa-innamaa yadhillu 'alaihaa walaa taziru waaziratun wizra ukhra wamaa kunnaa mu'adz-dzibiina hatta nab'atsa rasuulaa
He who follows the Right Way shall do so to his own advantage; and he who strays shall incur his own loss. No one shall bear another's burden. And never do We punish any people until We send a Messenger (to make the Truth distinct from falsehood).
وَاِذَآ اَرَدْنَآ اَنْ نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً اَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيْهَا فَفَسَقُوْا فِيْهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنٰهَا تَدْمِيْرًا
Wa-idzaa aradnaa an nuhlika qaryatan amarnaa mutrafiihaa fafasaquu fiihaa fahaqqa 'alaihaal qaulu fadammarnaahaa tadmiiran
When We decide to destroy a town We command the affluent among them, whereupon they commit sins in it, then the decree (of chastisement) becomes due against them and thereafter We destroy that town utterly.
وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُوْنِ مِنْۢ بَعْدِ نُوْحٍۗ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوْبِ عِبَادِهٖ خَبِيْرًاۢ بَصِيْرًا
Wakam ahlaknaa minal quruuni min ba'di nuuhin wakafa birabbika bidzunuubi 'ibaadihi khabiiran bashiiran
Many a generation has been destroyed by Our command since Noah's time. Your Lord is well aware and fully observant of the sins of His servants.
مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيْدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهٗ فِيْهَا مَا نَشَاۤءُ لِمَنْ نُّرِيْدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهٗ جَهَنَّمَۚ يَصْلٰىهَا مَذْمُوْمًا مَّدْحُوْرًا
Man kaana yuriidul 'aajilata 'ajjalnaa lahu fiihaa maa nasyaa-u liman nuriidu tsumma ja'alnaa lahu jahannama yashlaahaa madzmuuman madhuuran
If anyone desires immediate benefits, We hasten to grant whatever benefits We will in the present life to whomsoever We please, but thereafter We decree for him Hell wherein he shall burn, condemned and rejected.
وَمَنْ اَرَادَ الْاٰخِرَةَ وَسَعٰى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُمْ مَّشْكُوْرًا
Waman araada-aakhirata wasa'a lahaa sa'yahaa wahuwa mu'minun fa-uula-ika kaana sa'yuhum masykuuran
But he who desires the Hereafter and strives for it in the manner he should, and is a true believer, his striving will come to fruition.
كُلًّا نُّمِدُّ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ وَهٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ مِنْ عَطَاۤءِ رَبِّكَ ۗوَمَا كَانَ عَطَاۤءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُوْرًا
Kulaa numiddu ha'ulaa-i waha'ulaa-i min 'athaa-i rabbika wamaa kaana 'athaa-u rabbika mahzhuuran
To all of these as well as those We shall provide the wherewithal of this life in the present world by dint of your Lord's Bounty; and from none shall the Bounty of your Lord be withheld.
اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍۗ وَلَلْاٰخِرَةُ اَكْبَرُ دَرَجٰتٍ وَّاَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيْلًا
Anzhur kaifa fadh-dhalnaa ba'dhahum 'ala ba'dhin walal-aakhiratu akbaru darajaatin wa-akbaru tafdhiilaa
See, how We have exalted some above others in this world, and in the Life to Come they will have higher ranks and greater degrees of excellence over others.
لَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُوْمًا مَّخْذُوْلًا ࣖ
Laa taj'al ma'allahi ilahan aakhara fataq'uda madzmuuman makhdzuulaa
Do not set up any other god with Allah lest you are rendered humiliated and helpless.
۞ وَقَضٰى رَبُّكَ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُوْٓا اِلَّآ اِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسٰنًاۗ اِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ اَحَدُهُمَآ اَوْ كِلٰهُمَا فَلَا تَقُلْ لَّهُمَآ اُفٍّ وَّلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيْمًا
Waqadha rabbuka alaa ta'buduu ilaa ii-yaahu wa bil waalidaini ihsaanan immaa yablughanna 'indakal kibara ahaduhumaa au kilaahumaa falaa taqul lahumaa uffin walaa tanharhumaa waqul lahumaa qaulaa kariiman
Your Lord has decreed: (i) Do not worship any but Him; (ii) Be good to your parents; and should both or any one of them attain old age with you, do not say to them even "fie" neither chide them, but speak to them with respect,
وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُلْ رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيٰنِيْ صَغِيْرًاۗ
Waakhfidh lahumaa janaahadz-dzulli minarrahmati waqul rabbiirhamhumaa kamaa rabbayaanii shaghiiran
and be humble and tender to them and say: "Lord, show mercy to them as they nurtured me when I was small."
رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِيْ نُفُوْسِكُمْ ۗاِنْ تَكُوْنُوْا صٰلِحِيْنَ فَاِنَّهٗ كَانَ لِلْاَوَّابِيْنَ غَفُوْرًا
Rabbukum a'lamu bimaa fii nufuusikum in takuunuu shaalihiina fa-innahu kaana lil-au-waabiina ghafuuran
Your Lord is best aware of what is in your hearts. If you are righteous, He will indeed forgive those who relent and revert (to serving Allah).
وَاٰتِ ذَا الْقُرْبٰى حَقَّهٗ وَالْمِسْكِيْنَ وَابْنَ السَّبِيْلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيْرًا
Waaati dzaal qurba haqqahu wal miskiina waabnassabiili walaa tubadz-dzir tabdziiran
(iii) Give to the near of kin his due, and also to the needy and the wayfarer. (iv) Do not squander your wealth wastefully,
اِنَّ الْمُبَذِّرِيْنَ كَانُوْٓا اِخْوَانَ الشَّيٰطِيْنِ ۗوَكَانَ الشَّيْطٰنُ لِرَبِّهٖ كَفُوْرًا
Innal mubadz-dziriina kaanuu ikhwaanasy-syayaathiini wakaanasy-syaithaanu lirabbihi kafuuran
for those who squander wastefully are Satan's brothers, and Satan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.
وَاِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ابْتِغَاۤءَ رَحْمَةٍ مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوْهَا فَقُلْ لَّهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّيْسُوْرًا
Wa-immaa tu'ridhanna 'anhumuubtighaa-a rahmatin min rabbika tarjuuhaa faqul lahum qaulaa maisuuran
(v) And when you must turn away from them - (that is, from the destitute, the near of kin, the needy, and the wayfarer) - in pursuit of God's Mercy which you expect to receive, then speak to them kindly.
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُوْلَةً اِلٰى عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُوْمًا مَّحْسُوْرًا
Walaa taj'al yadaka maghluulatan ila 'unuqika walaa tabsuthhaa kullal basthi fataq'uda maluuman mahsuuran
(vi) Do not keep your hand fastened to your neck nor outspread it, altogether outspread, for you will be left sitting rebuked, destitute.
اِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۗاِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهٖ خَبِيْرًاۢ بَصِيْرًا ࣖ
Inna rabbaka yabsuthurrizqa liman yasyaa-u wayaqdiru innahu kaana bi'ibaadihi khabiiran bashiiran
Certainly Your Lord makes plentiful the provision of whomsoever He wills and straitens it for whomsoever He wills. He is well-aware and is fully observant of all that relates to His servants.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوْٓا اَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ اِمْلَاقٍۗ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَاِيَّاكُمْۗ اِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيْرًا
Walaa taqtuluu aulaadakum khasyyata imlaaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa-ii-yaakum inna qatlahum kaana khith-an kabiiran
(vii) Do not kill your children for fear of want. We will provide for them and for you. Surely killing them is a great sin.
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الزِّنٰىٓ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً ۗوَسَاۤءَ سَبِيْلًا
Walaa taqrabuuzzinaa innahu kaana faahisyatan wasaa-a sabiilaa
(viii) Do not even approach fornication for it is an outrageous act, and an evil way.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِيْ حَرَّمَ اللّٰهُ اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّۗ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُوْمًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهٖ سُلْطٰنًا فَلَا يُسْرِفْ فِّى الْقَتْلِۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ مَنْصُوْرًا
Walaa taqtuluun-nafsallatii harramallahu ilaa bil haqqi waman qutila mazhluuman faqad ja'alnaa liwalii-yihi sulthaanan falaa yusrif fiil qatli innahu kaana manshuuran
(ix) Do not kill any person whom Allah has forbidden to kill, except with right. We have granted the heir of him who has been wrongfully killed the authority to (claim retribution); so let him not exceed in slaying. He shall be helped.
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوْا مَالَ الْيَتِيْمِ اِلَّا بِالَّتِيْ هِيَ اَحْسَنُ حَتّٰى يَبْلُغَ اَشُدَّهٗۖ وَاَوْفُوْا بِالْعَهْدِۖ اِنَّ الْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔوْلًا
Walaa taqrabuu maalal yatiimi ilaa biillatii hiya ahsanu hatta yablugha asyuddahu wa-aufuu bil 'ahdi innal 'ahda kaana mas-uulaa
(x) And do not even go near the property of the orphan - except that it be in the best manner - till he attains his maturity. (xi) And fulfil the covenant, for you will be called to account regarding the covenant.
وَاَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ اِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوْا بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيْمِۗ ذٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَّاَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيْلًا
Wa-a-ufuul kaila idzaa kiltum wazinuu bil qisthaasil mustaqiimi dzalika khairun wa-ahsanu ta'wiilaa
(xii) Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with even scales. That is fair and better in consequence.
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهٖ عِلْمٌ ۗاِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔوْلًا
Walaa taqfu maa laisa laka bihi 'ilmun innassam'a wal bashara wal fu'aada kullu uula-ika kaana 'anhu mas-uulaa
(xiii) Do not follow that of which you have no knowledge. Surely the hearing, the sight, the heart - each of these shall be called to account.
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى الْاَرْضِ مَرَحًاۚ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرِقَ الْاَرْضَ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْجِبَالَ طُوْلًا
Walaa tamsyi fiil ardhi marahan innaka lan takhriqal ardha walan tablughal jibaala thuulaa
(xiv) Do not strut about in the land arrogantly. Surely you cannot cleave the earth, nor reach the heights of the mountains in stature.
كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهٗ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوْهًا
Kullu dzalika kaana sai-yi-uhu 'inda rabbika makruuhan
The wickedness of each of that is hateful to your Lord.
ذٰلِكَ مِمَّآ اَوْحٰٓى اِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِۗ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللّٰهِ اِلٰهًا اٰخَرَ فَتُلْقٰى فِيْ جَهَنَّمَ مَلُوْمًا مَّدْحُوْرًا
Dzalika mimmaa auha ilaika rabbuka minal hikmati walaa taj'al ma'allahi ilahan aakhara fatulqa fii jahannama maluuman madhuuran
That is part of the wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. So do not set up any deity beside Allah lest you are cast into Hell, rebuked and deprived of every good.
اَفَاَصْفٰىكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِالْبَنِيْنَ وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةِ اِنَاثًاۗ اِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُوْلُوْنَ قَوْلًا عَظِيْمًا ࣖ
Afaashfaakum rabbukum bil baniina wa-attakhadza minal malaa-ikati inaatsan innakum lataquuluuna qaulaa 'azhiiman
What, has your Lord favoured you with sons and has taken for Himself daughters from among the angels? You are indeed uttering a monstrous lie.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِيْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوْاۗ وَمَا يَزِيْدُهُمْ اِلَّا نُفُوْرًا
Walaqad sharrafnaa fii hadzaal quraani liyadz-dzakkaruu wamaa yaziiduhum ilaa nufuuran
We have expounded (the Truth) in diverse ways in this Qur'an that they might take it to heart but all this only aggravates their aversion.
قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهٗ ٓ اٰلِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ اِذًا لَّابْتَغَوْا اِلٰى ذِى الْعَرْشِ سَبِيْلًا
Qul lau kaana ma'ahu aalihatun kamaa yaquuluuna idzan laabtaghau ila dziil 'arsyi sabiilaa
Say, (O Muhammad): "Had there been other gods with Him, as they claim, they would surely have attempted to find a way to the Lord of the Throne.
سُبْحٰنَهٗ وَتَعٰلٰى عَمَّا يَقُوْلُوْنَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيْرًا
Subhaanahu wata'aala 'ammaa yaquuluuna 'uluu-wan kabiiran
Holy is He and far above all that they say.
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمٰوٰتُ السَّبْعُ وَالْاَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيْهِنَّۗ وَاِنْ مِّنْ شَيْءٍ اِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهٖ وَلٰكِنْ لَّا تَفْقَهُوْنَ تَسْبِيْحَهُمْۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ حَلِيْمًا غَفُوْرًا
Tusabbihu lahus-samaawaatussab'u wal ardhu waman fiihinna wa-in min syai-in ilaa yusabbihu bihamdihi walakin laa tafqahuuna tasbiihahum innahu kaana haliiman ghafuuran
The seven heavens, the earth, and all that is within them give glory to Him. There is nothing but gives glory to Him with His praise, though you do not understand their hymns of praise. He is Most Forbearing, Exceedingly Forgiving."
وَاِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْاٰنَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُوْرًاۙ
Wa-idzaa qara'tal quraana ja'alnaa bainaka wabainal-ladziina laa yu'minuuna bil-aakhirati hijaaban mastuuran
When you recite the Qur'an, We place a hidden barrier between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter;
وَّجَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوْبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَّفْقَهُوْهُ وَفِيْٓ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًاۗ وَاِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى الْقُرْاٰنِ وَحْدَهٗ وَلَّوْا عَلٰٓى اَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُوْرًا
Waja'alnaa 'ala quluubihim akinnatan an yafqahuuhu wafii aadzaanihim waqran wa-idzaa dzakarta rabbaka fiil quraani wahdahu wallau 'ala adbaarihim nufuuran
and We place a covering on their hearts so that they do not comprehend it, and We cause a heaviness in their ears; and when you mention your Lord, the Only True Lord, in the Qur'an, they turn their backs in aversion.
نَحْنُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُوْنَ بِهٖٓ اِذْ يَسْتَمِعُوْنَ اِلَيْكَ وَاِذْ هُمْ نَجْوٰٓى اِذْ يَقُوْلُ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِنْ تَتَّبِعُوْنَ اِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُوْرًا
Nahnu a'lamu bimaa yastami'uuna bihi idz yastami'uuna ilaika wa-idz hum najwa idz yaquuluzh-zhaalimuuna in tattabi'uuna ilaa rajulaa mashuuran
We are well aware of what they wish to hear when they listen to you and what they say when they confer in whispers, when the wrong-doers say: "You are only following one who is bewitched."
اُنْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوْا لَكَ الْاَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوْا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ سَبِيْلًا
Anzhur kaifa dharabuu lakal amtsaala fadhalluu falaa yastathii'uuna sabiilaa
Just see how strange are the things they invent about you. They have altogether strayed, and are unable to find the right way.
وَقَالُوْٓا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَّرُفَاتًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ خَلْقًا جَدِيْدًا
Waqaaluuu a-idzaa kunnaa 'izhaaman warufaatan a-innaa lamab'uutsuuna khalqan jadiidan
They say: "When we are turned to bones and particles (of dust), shall we truly be raised up as a new creation?"
۞ قُلْ كُوْنُوْا حِجَارَةً اَوْ حَدِيْدًاۙ
Qul kuunuu hijaaratan au hadiidan
Tell them: "(You will be raised afresh even if) you turn to stone or iron,
اَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِيْ صُدُوْرِكُمْ ۚفَسَيَقُوْلُوْنَ مَنْ يُّعِيْدُنَاۗ قُلِ الَّذِيْ فَطَرَكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۗ فَسَيُنْغِضُوْنَ اِلَيْكَ رُءُوْسَهُمْ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ مَتٰى هُوَۗ قُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَّكُوْنَ قَرِيْبًا
Au khalqan mimmaa yakburu fii shuduurikum fasayaquuluuna man yu'iidunaa qulil-ladzii fatharakum au-wala marratin fasayunghidhuuna ilaika ruuusahum wayaquuluuna mata huwa qul 'asa an yakuuna qariiban
or any other form of creation you deem hardest of all (to recreate from)." They will certainly ask: "Who will bring us back (to life)?" Say: "He Who created you in the first instance." They will shake their heads at you and inquire: "When will that be?" Say: "Perhaps that time might have drawn near;
يَوْمَ يَدْعُوْكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيْبُوْنَ بِحَمْدِهٖ وَتَظُنُّوْنَ اِنْ لَّبِثْتُمْ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا ࣖ
Yauma yad'uukum fatastajiibuuna bihamdihi watazhunnuuna in labitstum ilaa qaliilaa
on the Day when He will call you and you will rise praising Him in response to His call, and you will believe that you had lain in this state only for a while."
وَقُلْ لِّعِبَادِيْ يَقُوْلُوا الَّتِيْ هِيَ اَحْسَنُۗ اِنَّ الشَّيْطٰنَ يَنْزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْۗ اِنَّ الشَّيْطٰنَ كَانَ لِلْاِنْسَانِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِيْنًا
Waqul li'ibaadii yaquuluullatii hiya ahsanu innasy-syaithaana yanzaghu bainahum innasy-syaithaana kaana lila-insaani 'aduu-wan mubiinan
Tell My servants, (O Muhammad), to say always that which is best. Verily it is Satan who sows discord among people. Satan indeed is an open enemy to mankind.
رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ اِنْ يَّشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ اَوْ اِنْ يَّشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْۗ وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيْلًا
Rabbukum a'lamu bikum in yasya' yarhamkum au in yasya' yu'adz-dzibkum wamaa arsalnaaka 'alaihim wakiilaa
Your Lord knows you best. He will have mercy on you if He wills and chastise you if He wills. We have not sent you, (O Muhammad), as an overseer over them.
وَرَبُّكَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيّٖنَ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ وَّاٰتَيْنَا دَاوٗدَ زَبُوْرًا
Warabbuka a'lamu biman fiis-samaawaati wal ardhi walaqad fadh-dhalnaa ba'dhannabii-yiina 'ala ba'dhin waaatainaa daawuda zabuuran
Your Lord knows all who dwell in the heavens and the earth. We have exalted some Prophets over others, and We gave the Psalms to David.
قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِيْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ فَلَا يَمْلِكُوْنَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيْلًا
Quliid'uul-ladziina za'amtum min duunihi falaa yamlikuuna kasyfadh-dhurri 'ankum walaa tahwiilaa
Tell them: "Call upon those whom you fancy to be (your helpers) instead of Him! They have no power to remove any affliction from you, nor can they shift it (to any other)."
اُولٰۤىِٕكَ الَّذِيْنَ يَدْعُوْنَ يَبْتَغُوْنَ اِلٰى رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيْلَةَ اَيُّهُمْ اَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُوْنَ رَحْمَتَهٗ وَيَخَافُوْنَ عَذَابَهٗۗ اِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُوْرًا
Uula-ikal-ladziina yad'uuna yabtaghuuna ila rabbihimul wasiilata ai-yuhum aqrabu wayarjuuna rahmatahu wayakhaafuuna 'adzaabahu inna 'adzaaba rabbika kaana mahdzuuran
Those whom they call upon are themselves seeking the means of access to their Lord, each trying to be nearer to Him. They crave for His Mercy and dread His chastisement. Surely your Lord's punishment is to be feared.
وَاِنْ مِّنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوْهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ اَوْ مُعَذِّبُوْهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيْدًاۗ كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فىِ الْكِتٰبِ مَسْطُوْرًا
Wa-in min qaryatin ilaa nahnu muhlikuuhaa qabla yaumil qiyaamati au mu'adz-dzibuuhaa 'adzaaban syadiidan kaana dzalika fiil kitaabi masthuuran
There is not a town but We shall destroy it or upon which We shall inflict severe chastisement before the Day of Resurrection. This is written down in the Eternal Book (of Allah).
وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ اَنْ نُّرْسِلَ بِالْاٰيٰتِ اِلَّآ اَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْاَوَّلُوْنَۗ وَاٰتَيْنَا ثَمُوْدَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوْا بِهَاۗ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْاٰيٰتِ اِلَّا تَخْوِيْفًا
Wamaa mana'anaa an nursila bil-aayaati ilaa an kadz-dzaba bihaal au-waluuna waaatainaa tsamuudannaaqata mubshiratan fazhalamuu bihaa wamaa nursilu bil-aayaati ilaa takhwiifan
Nothing hindered Us from sending Our Signs except that the people of olden times rejected them as lies. We publicly sent the she-camel to the Thamud to open their eyes but they wronged her. We never send Our Signs except to cause people to fear.
وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ اِنَّ رَبَّكَ اَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّءْيَا الَّتِيْٓ اَرَيْنٰكَ اِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُوْنَةَ فِى الْقُرْاٰنِ ۗ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْۙ فَمَا يَزِيْدُهُمْ اِلَّا طُغْيَانًا كَبِيْرًا ࣖ
Wa-idz qulnaa laka inna rabbaka ahaatha binnaasi wamaa ja'alnaarru'yaallatii arainaaka ilaa fitnatan li-nnaasi wasy-syajaratal mal'uunata fiil quraani wanukhau-wifuhum famaa yaziiduhum ilaa thughyaanan kabiiran
And recall when We said to you, (O Muhammad), that your Lord encompasses these people; and that We have made that vision that We have shown you, and the tree accursed in the Qur'an, but as a trial for people. We go about warning them, but each warning leads them to greater transgression.
وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةِ اسْجُدُوْا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوْٓا اِلَّآ اِبْلِيْسَۗ قَالَ ءَاَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِيْنًاۚ
Wa-idz qulnaa lilmalaa-ikatiisjuduu li-aadama fasajaduu ilaa ibliisa qaala aasjudu liman khalaqta thiinan
And recall when We asked the angels to prostrate themselves before Adam; all prostrated themselves except Iblis, who said: "Shall I prostrate myself before him whom You created of clay?"
قَالَ اَرَاَيْتَكَ هٰذَا الَّذِيْ كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ لَىِٕنْ اَخَّرْتَنِ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ لَاَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهٗٓ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا
Qaala ara-aitaka hadzaal-ladzii karramta 'alai-ya la-in akh-khartani ila yaumil qiyaamati ahtanikanna dzurrii-yatahu ilaa qaliilaa
He then continued: "Look! This is he whom You have exalted above me! If you will grant me respite till the Day of Resurrection I shall uproot the whole of his progeny except only a few."
قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَمَنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَاِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَاۤؤُكُمْ جَزَاۤءً مَّوْفُوْرًا
Qaalaadzhab faman tabi'aka minhum fa-inna jahannama jazaa'ukum jazaa-an maufuuran
Thereupon He retorted: "Be gone! Hell shall be the recompense - and a most ample one - of whosoever of them who follows you.
وَاسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُمْ بِصَوْتِكَ وَاَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى الْاَمْوَالِ وَالْاَوْلَادِ وَعِدْهُمْۗ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيْطٰنُ اِلَّا غُرُوْرًا
Waastafziz maniistatha'ta minhum bishautika wa-ajlib 'alaihim bikhailika warajilika wasyaarikhum fiil amwaali wal aulaadi wa'idhum wamaa ya'iduhumusy-syaithaanu ilaa ghuruuran
Tempt with your call all whom you wish. Muster against them all your forces - your cavalry and your foot soldiers; share with them riches and offspring, and seduce them with rosy promises - and Satan's promise is nothing but a deception -
اِنَّ عِبَادِيْ لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطٰنٌۗ وَكَفٰى بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيْلًا
Inna 'ibaadii laisa laka 'alaihim sulthaanun wakafa birabbika wakiilaa
but know well that you will have no power against My servants. Your Lord suffices for them to place their trust in."
رَبُّكُمُ الَّذِيْ يُزْجِيْ لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ فِى الْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوْا مِنْ فَضْلِهٖۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيْمًا
Rabbukumul-ladzii yuzjii lakumul fulka fiil bahri litabtaghuu min fadhlihi innahu kaana bikum rahiiman
Your Lord is He Who steers your vessels across the seas that you may seek of His Bounty. He is ever Merciful towards you.
وَاِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فِى الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُوْنَ اِلَّآ اِيَّاهُۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰىكُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ اَعْرَضْتُمْۗ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ كَفُوْرًا
Wa-idzaa massakumudh-dhurru fiil bahri dhalla man tad'uuna ilaa ii-yaahu falammaa najjaakum ilal barri a'radhtum wakaana-insaanu kafuuran
When a calamity befalls you on the sea, all those whom you invoke forsake you except Him. But when He delivers you safely to the shore you turn away from Him, for man is indeed most thankless.
اَفَاَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ يَّخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ اَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوْا لَكُمْ وَكِيْلًا ۙ
Afaamintum an yakhsifa bikum jaanibal barri au yursila 'alaikum haashiban tsumma laa tajiduu lakum wakiilaa
Do you, then, feel secure against His causing you to be swallowed up by a tract of the earth, or letting loose a deadly whirlwind charged with stones towards you, and there you will find none to protect you?
اَمْ اَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ يُّعِيْدَكُمْ فِيْهِ تَارَةً اُخْرٰى فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ الرِّيْحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُمْ بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْۙ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوْا لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهٖ تَبِيْعًا
Am amintum an yu'iidakum fiihi taaratan ukhra fayursila 'alaikum qaashifan minarriihi fayughriqakum bimaa kafartum tsumma laa tajiduu lakum 'alainaa bihi tabii'an
Or do you feel secure that He will not cause you to revert to the sea, and let a tempest loose upon you and then drown you for your ingratitude whereupon you will find none even to inquire of Us what happened to you?
۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِيْٓ اٰدَمَ وَحَمَلْنٰهُمْ فِى الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنٰهُمْ مِّنَ الطَّيِّبٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنٰهُمْ عَلٰى كَثِيْرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيْلًا ࣖ
Walaqad karramnaa banii aadama wahamalnaahum fiil barri wal bahri warazaqnaahum minath-thai-yibaati wafadh-dhalnaahum 'ala katsiirin mimman khalaqnaa tafdhiilaa
Indeed, We honoured the progeny of Adam, and bore them across land and sea and provided them with good things for their sustenance, and exalted them above many of Our creatures.
يَوْمَ نَدْعُوْا كُلَّ اُنَاسٍۢ بِاِمَامِهِمْۚ فَمَنْ اُوْتِيَ كِتٰبَهٗ بِيَمِيْنِهٖ فَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ يَقْرَءُوْنَ كِتٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُوْنَ فَتِيْلًا
Yauma nad'uu kulla unaasin biimaamihim faman uutiya kitaabahu biyamiinihi fa-uula-ika yaqrauuna kitaabahum walaa yuzhlamuuna fatiilaa
Then think of the Day We shall summon every community with its leader. Those who are given their Record in their right hand shall read the Record of their deeds and shall not be wronged a whit.
وَمَنْ كَانَ فِيْ هٰذِهٖٓ اَعْمٰى فَهُوَ فِى الْاٰخِرَةِ اَعْمٰى وَاَضَلُّ سَبِيْلًا
Waman kaana fii hadzihi a'ma fahuwa fii-aakhirati a'ma wa-adhallu sabiilaa
Whoever lived in this world as blind shall live as blind in the Life to Come; rather, he will be even farther astray than if he were (just) blind.
وَاِنْ كَادُوْا لَيَفْتِنُوْنَكَ عَنِ الَّذِيْٓ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهٗۖ وَاِذًا لَّاتَّخَذُوْكَ خَلِيْلًا
Wa-in kaaduu layaftinuunaka 'anil-ladzii auhainaa ilaika litaftariya 'alainaa ghairahu wa-idzan la-attakhadzuuka khaliilaa
(O Muhammad), they had all but tempted you away from what We have revealed to you that you may invent something else in Our Name. Had you done so, they would have taken you as their trusted friend.
وَلَوْلَآ اَنْ ثَبَّتْنٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَّ تَرْكَنُ اِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـًٔا قَلِيْلًا ۙ
Walaulaa an tsabbatnaaka laqad kidta tarkanu ilaihim syai-an qaliilaa
Indeed, had We not strengthened you, you might have inclined to them a little,
اِذًا لَّاَذَقْنٰكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَيٰوةِ وَضِعْفَ الْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيْرًا
Idzan adzaqnaaka dhi'fal hayaati wadhi'fal mamaati tsumma laa tajidu laka 'alainaa nashiiran
whereupon We would have made you taste double (the chastisement) in the world and double (the chastisement) after death, and then you would have found none to help you against Us.
وَاِنْ كَادُوْا لَيَسْتَفِزُّوْنَكَ مِنَ الْاَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوْكَ مِنْهَا وَاِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُوْنَ خِلٰفَكَ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا
Wa-in kaaduu layastafizzuunaka minal ardhi liyukhrijuuka minhaa wa-idzan laa yalbatsuuna khilaafaka ilaa qaliilaa
They were bent upon uprooting you from this land and driving you away from it. But were they to succeed, they would not be able to remain after you more than a little while.
سُنَّةَ مَنْ قَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنْ رُّسُلِنَا وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيْلًا ࣖ
Sunnata man qad arsalnaa qablaka min rusulinaa walaa tajidu lisunnatinaa tahwiilaa
This has been Our Way with the Messengers whom We sent before you. You will find no change in Our Way.
اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ لِدُلُوْكِ الشَّمْسِ اِلٰى غَسَقِ الَّيْلِ وَقُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِۗ اِنَّ قُرْاٰنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُوْدًا
Aqimish-shalaata liduluukisy-syamsi ila ghasaqillaili waquraanal fajri inna quraanal fajri kaana masyhuudan
Establish Prayer from the declining of the sun to the darkness of the night; and hold fast to the recitation of the Qur'an at dawn, for the recitation of the Qur'an at dawn is witnessed.
وَمِنَ الَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهٖ نَافِلَةً لَّكَۖ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَّبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُوْدًا
Waminallaili fatahajjad bihi naafilatan laka 'asa an yab'atsaka rabbuka maqaaman mahmuudan
And rise from sleep during the night as well- this is an additional Prayer for you. Possibly your Lord will raise you to an honoured position.
وَقُلْ رَّبِّ اَدْخِلْنِيْ مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَّاَخْرِجْنِيْ مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَّاجْعَلْ لِّيْ مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ سُلْطٰنًا نَّصِيْرًا
Waqul rabbi adkhilnii mudkhala shidqin wa-akhrijnii mukhraja shidqin waaj'al lii min ladunka sulthaanan nashiiran
And pray: "My Lord! Cause me to enter wherever it be, with Truth, and cause me to exit, wherever it be, with Truth, and support me with authority from Yourself."
وَقُلْ جَاۤءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ ۖاِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوْقًا
Waqul jaa-al haqqu wazahaqal baathilu innal baathila kaana zahuuqan
And proclaim: "The Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished. Surely falsehood is ever bound to vanish."
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاۤءٌ وَّرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَۙ وَلَا يَزِيْدُ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ اِلَّا خَسَارًا
Wanunazzilu minal quraani maa huwa syifaa-un warahmatul(n)-lilmu'miniina walaa yaziiduzh-zhaalimiina ilaa khasaaran
What We are sending down in the course of revealing the Qur'an is a healing and a grace for those who have faith; but it adds only to the ruin of the wrong-doers.
وَاِذَآ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْاِنْسَانِ اَعْرَضَ وَنَاٰ بِجَانِبِهٖۚ وَاِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوْسًا
Wa-idzaa an'amnaa 'ala-insaani a'radha wanaa bijaanibihi wa-idzaa massahusy-syarru kaana ya-uusan
Whenever We bestow favours upon man, he arrogantly turns away and draws aside; and whenever evil visits him, he is in utter despair.
قُلْ كُلٌّ يَّعْمَلُ عَلٰى شَاكِلَتِهٖۗ فَرَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ اَهْدٰى سَبِيْلًا ࣖ
Qul kullun ya'malu 'ala syaakilatihi farabbukum a'lamu biman huwa ahda sabiilaa
Say, (O Prophet): "Each one acts according to his own manner. Your Lord knows well who is best-guided to the Right Path."
وَيَسْـَٔلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الرُّوْحِۗ قُلِ الرُّوْحُ مِنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّيْ وَمَآ اُوْتِيْتُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا
Wayasaluunaka 'anirruuhi qulirruuhu min amri rabbii wamaa uutiitum minal 'ilmi ilaa qaliilaa
They ask you about "the spirit". Say: "The spirit descends by the command of my Lord, but you have been given only a little knowledge."
وَلَىِٕنْ شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِالَّذِيْٓ اَوْحَيْنَآ اِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهٖ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيْلًاۙ؉؉
Wala-in syi-anaa lanadzhabanna biil-ladzii auhainaa ilaika tsumma laa tajidu laka bihi 'alainaa wakiilaa
Had We willed, We could take away what We have revealed to you, then you would find none to help you in recovering it from Us.
اِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَۗ اِنَّ فَضْلَهٗ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيْرًا
Ilaa rahmatan min rabbika inna fadhlahu kaana 'alaika kabiiran
(Whatever you have received) is nothing but grace from your Lord. Indeed His favour to you is great.
قُلْ لَّىِٕنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْاِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يَّأْتُوْا بِمِثْلِ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لَا يَأْتُوْنَ بِمِثْلِهٖ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيْرًا
Qul la-iniijtama'ati-insu wal jinnu 'ala an ya'tuu bimitsli hadzaal quraani laa ya'tuuna bimitslihi walau kaana ba'dhuhum liba'dhin zhahiiran
Say: "Surely, if mankind and jinn were to get together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they will never be able to produce the like of it, howsoever they might help one another."
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِيْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍۖ فَاَبٰىٓ اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوْرًا
Walaqad sharrafnaa li-nnaasi fii hadzaal quraani min kulli matsalin fa-aba aktsarunnaasi ilaa kufuuran
We have explained things for people in this Qur'an in diverse ways to make them understand the Message, yet most people obstinately persist in unbelief.
وَقَالُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتّٰى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَرْضِ يَنْۢبُوْعًاۙ
Waqaaluuu lan nu'mina laka hatta tafjura lanaa minal ardhi yanbuu'an
They said: "We shall not accept your Message until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth;
اَوْ تَكُوْنَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِّنْ نَّخِيْلٍ وَّعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ الْاَنْهٰرَ خِلٰلَهَا تَفْجِيْرًاۙ
Au takuuna laka jannatun min nakhiilin wa'inabin fatufajjiral anhaara khilaalahaa tafjiiran
or that there be a garden of palms and vines for you and then you cause rivers to abundantly flow forth through them;
اَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَاۤءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا اَوْ تَأْتِيَ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْمَلٰۤىِٕكَةِ قَبِيْلًاۙ
Au tusqithassamaa-a kamaa za'amta 'alainaa kisafan au ta'tiya billahi wal malaa-ikati qabiilaa
or cause the sky to fall on us in pieces as you claimed, or bring Allah and the angels before us, face to face;
اَوْ يَكُوْنَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّنْ زُخْرُفٍ اَوْ تَرْقٰى فِى السَّمَاۤءِ ۗوَلَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتّٰى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهٗۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيْ هَلْ كُنْتُ اِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُوْلًا ࣖ
Au yakuuna laka baitun min zukhrufin au tarqa fiissamaa-i walan nu'mina liruqii-yika hatta tunazzila 'alainaa kitaaban naqra'uhu qul subhaana rabbii hal kuntu ilaa basyaran rasuulaa
or that there come to be for you a house of gold, or that you ascend to the sky - though we shall not believe in your ascension (to the sky) - until you bring down a book for us that we can read." Say to them, (O Muhammad): "Holy is my Lord! Am I anything else than a human being, who bears a Message (from Allah)?"
وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يُّؤْمِنُوْٓا اِذْ جَاۤءَهُمُ الْهُدٰٓى اِلَّآ اَنْ قَالُوْٓا اَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُوْلًا
Wamaa mana'annaasa an yu'minuu idz jaa-ahumul huda ilaa an qaaluuu aba'atsallahu basyaran rasuulaa
Whenever Guidance came to people, nothing prevented them from believing except that they said: "Has Allah sent a human being as a Messenger?"
قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ فِى الْاَرْضِ مَلٰۤىِٕكَةٌ يَّمْشُوْنَ مُطْمَىِٕنِّيْنَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُوْلًا
Qul lau kaana fiil ardhi malaa-ikatun yamsyuuna muthma-inniina lanazzalnaa 'alaihim minassamaa-i malakan rasuulaa
Say: "Had angels been walking about in peace on the earth, We would surely have sent to them an angel from the heavens as Messenger."
قُلْ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ شَهِيْدًاۢ بَيْنِيْ وَبَيْنَكُمْۗ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهٖ خَبِيْرًاۢ بَصِيْرًا
Qul kafa billahi syahiidan bainii wabainakum innahu kaana bi'ibaadihi khabiiran bashiiran
Tell them, (O Prophet): "Allah suffices as a witness between me and you. Allah is well aware and fully observes everything pertaining to His servants."
وَمَنْ يَّهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِۚ وَمَنْ يُّضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ اَوْلِيَاۤءَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖۗ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ عَلٰى وُجُوْهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَّبُكْمًا وَّصُمًّاۗ مَأْوٰىهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۗ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنٰهُمْ سَعِيْرًا
Waman yahdillahu fahuwal muhtadi waman yudhlil falan tajida lahum auliyaa-a min duunihi wanahsyuruhum yaumal qiyaamati 'ala wujuuhihim 'umyan wabukman washumman ma'waahum jahannamu kullamaa khabat zidnaahum sa'iiran
Whomsoever Allah guides is rightly guided; and whomsoever Allah lets go astray, you shall find none - apart from Him - who could protect him. We shall muster them all on the Day of Resurrection, on their faces - blind and dumb and deaf. Hell shall be their refuge. Every time its Fire subsides, We will intensify for them its flame.
ذٰلِكَ جَزَاۤؤُهُمْ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَا وَقَالُوْٓا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَّرُفَاتًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ خَلْقًا جَدِيْدًا
Dzalika jazaa'uhum biannahum kafaruu biaayaatinaa waqaaluuu a-idzaa kunnaa 'izhaaman warufaatan a-innaa lamab'uutsuuna khalqan jadiidan
That will be their recompense because they disbelieved in Our Signs and said: "What, when we shall be reduced to bones and particles (of dust), shall we be raised again as a new creation?"
۞ اَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ الَّذِيْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلٰٓى اَنْ يَّخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ اَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيْهِۗ فَاَبَى الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِلَّا كُفُوْرًا
Awalam yarau annallahal-ladzii khalaqas-samaawaati wal ardha qaadirun 'ala an yakhluqa mitslahum waja'ala lahum ajalaa laa raiba fiihi fa-abazh-zhaalimuuna ilaa kufuuran
Have they not perceived that Allah, Who has created the heavens and the earth, has the power to create the like of them? He has fixed a term for them about which there is no doubt. And yet the wrong-doers obstinately persist in unbelief.
قُلْ لَّوْ اَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُوْنَ خَزَاۤىِٕنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّيْٓ اِذًا لَّاَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْاِنْفَاقِۗ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ قَتُوْرًا ࣖ
Qul lau antum tamlikuuna khazaa-ina rahmati rabbii idzan amsaktum khasyyata-infaaqi wakaana-insaanu qatuuran
Tell them, (O Prophet): "Even if you owned the treasures of my Lord's Mercy you would have held them back for fear of spending them." Man is indeed ever niggardly.
وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْسٰى تِسْعَ اٰيٰتٍۢ بَيِّنٰتٍ فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ اِذْ جَاۤءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهٗ فِرْعَوْنُ اِنِّيْ لَاَظُنُّكَ يٰمُوْسٰى مَسْحُوْرًا
Walaqad aatainaa muusa tis'a aayaatin bai-yinaatin faasal banii israa-iila idz jaa-ahum faqaala lahu fir'aunu innii azhunnuka yaa muusa mashuuran
We granted Moses nine clear signs. Ask the Children of Israel about that: when these signs came forth, Pharaoh said to him: "Moses, I think that you are bewitched."
قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ اَنْزَلَ هٰٓؤُلَاۤءِ اِلَّا رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ بَصَاۤىِٕرَۚ وَاِنِّيْ لَاَظُنُّكَ يٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُوْرًا
Qaala laqad 'alimta maa anzala ha'ulaa-i ilaa rabbus-samaawaati wal ardhi bashaa-ira wa-innii azhunnuka yaa fir'aunu matsbuuran
Moses replied: "You know well that no one but the Lord of the heavens and the earth has sent these as eye-opening proofs. I truly think, O Pharaoh, that you are indeed doomed."
فَاَرَادَ اَنْ يَّسْتَفِزَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُ وَمَنْ مَّعَهٗ جَمِيْعًاۙ
Fa-araada an yastafizzahum minal ardhi fa-aghraqnaahu waman ma'ahu jamii'an
At last Pharaoh decided to uproot Moses and the Children of Israel from the land, but We drowned him together with all who were with him;
وَّقُلْنَا مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ لِبَنِيْٓ اِسْرَاۤءِيْلَ اسْكُنُوا الْاَرْضَ فَاِذَا جَاۤءَ وَعْدُ الْاٰخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيْفًاۗ
Waqulnaa min ba'dihi libanii israa-iilaaskunuul ardha fa-idzaa jaa-a wa'du-aakhirati ji-anaa bikum lafiifan
and thereafter We said to the Children of Israel: "Now dwell in the land, but when the promised time of the Hereafter comes, We shall bring you all together."
وَبِالْحَقِّ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ وَبِالْحَقِّ نَزَلَۗ وَمَآ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَّنَذِيْرًاۘ
Wa bil haqqi anzalnaahu wa bil haqqi nazala wamaa arsalnaaka ilaa mubasy-syiran wanadziiran
We have sent down the Qur'an with the Truth, and it is with the Truth that it has descended. And We have not sent you but to proclaim good news and to warn.
وَقُرْاٰنًا فَرَقْنٰهُ لِتَقْرَاَهٗ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلٰى مُكْثٍ وَّنَزَّلْنٰهُ تَنْزِيْلًا
Waquraanan faraqnaahu litaqraahu 'alannaasi 'ala muktsin wanazzalnaahu tanziilaa
We have revealed the Qur'an in parts that you may recite it to people slowly and with deliberation; and (for that reason) We have revealed it gradually (to suit particular occasions).
قُلْ اٰمِنُوْا بِهٖٓ اَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوْاۗ اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖٓ اِذَا يُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّوْنَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًاۙ
Qul aaminuu bihi au laa tu'minuu innal-ladziina uutuul 'ilma min qablihi idzaa yutla 'alaihim yakhirruuna lil-adzqaani sujjadan
Tell them, (O Prophet): "Whether you believe in it, or do not believe," but when it is recited to those who were given the knowledge before its revelation, they fall down upon their faces in prostration
وَّيَقُوْلُوْنَ سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّنَآ اِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُوْلًا
Wayaquuluuna subhaana rabbinaa in kaana wa'du rabbinaa lamaf'uulaa
and say: "Glory be to our Lord. Surely the promise of our Lord was bound to be fulfilled."
وَيَخِرُّوْنَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ يَبْكُوْنَ وَيَزِيْدُهُمْ خُشُوْعًا ۩
Wayakhirruuna lil-adzqaani yabkuuna wayaziiduhum khusyuu'an
And they fall down upon their faces, weeping, and their humility increases when (the Qur'an) is recited to them.
قُلِ ادْعُوا اللّٰهَ اَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمٰنَۗ اَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوْا فَلَهُ الْاَسْمَاۤءُ الْحُسْنٰىۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذٰلِكَ سَبِيْلًا
Quliid'uullaha awiid'uur-rahmana ai-yan maa tad'uu falahul asmaa-ul husna walaa tajhar bishalaatika walaa tukhaafit bihaa waabtaghi baina dzalika sabiilaa
Say to them (O Prophet!): "Call upon Him as Allah or call upon Him as al-Rahman; call Him by whichever name you will, all His names are beautiful. Neither offer your Prayer in too loud a voice, nor in a voice too low; but follow a middle course."
وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَّلَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ شَرِيْكٌ فِى الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَّهٗ وَلِيٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيْرًا ࣖ
Waqulil hamdu lillahil-ladzii lam yattakhidz waladan walam yakun lahu syariikun fiil mulki walam yakun lahu walii-yun minadz-dzulli wakabbirhu takbiiran
And say: "All praise be to Allah Who has neither taken to Himself a son, nor has He any partner in His kingdom, nor does He need anyone, out of weakness, to protect Him." So glorify Him in a manner worthy of His glory.
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surah Al-Isra?
Surah Al-Isra has 111 verses (ayat).
What number is Surah Al-Isra in the Quran?
Surah Al-Isra (الإسْرَاء) is chapter 17 of the Quran and is found in Juz 15.
Is Surah Al-Isra Meccan or Medinan?
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