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Surah Al-Isra
Verse 1–111

سُبْحَـٰنَ Exalted ٱلَّذِىٓ (is) the One Who أَسْرَىٰ took بِعَبْدِهِۦ His servant لَيْلًۭا (by) night مِّنَ from ٱلْمَسْجِدِ Al-Masjid Al-Haraam ٱلْحَرَامِ Al-Masjid Al-Haraam إِلَى to ٱلْمَسْجِدِ Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa ٱلْأَقْصَا Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa ٱلَّذِى which بَـٰرَكْنَا We blessed حَوْلَهُۥ its surroundings لِنُرِيَهُۥ that We may show him مِنْ of ءَايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ Our Signs إِنَّهُۥ Indeed He هُوَ He ٱلسَّمِيعُ (is) the All-Hearer ٱلْبَصِيرُ the All-Seer ١

Exalted is He who took His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

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وَءَاتَيْنَا And We gave مُوسَى Musa ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ the Book وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ and made it هُدًۭى a guidance لِّبَنِىٓ for the Children إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ (of) Israel أَلَّا That not تَتَّخِذُوا۟ you take مِن other than Me دُونِى other than Me وَكِيلًۭا (as) a Disposer of affairs ٢

And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,

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ذُرِّيَّةَ Offsprings مَنْ (of one) who حَمَلْنَا We carried مَعَ with نُوحٍ ۚ Nuh إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, he كَانَ was عَبْدًۭا a servant شَكُورًۭا grateful ٣

O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.

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وَقَضَيْنَآ And We decreed إِلَىٰ for بَنِىٓ (the) Children إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ (of) Israel فِى in ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ the Book لَتُفْسِدُنَّ Surely you will cause corruption فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth مَرَّتَيْنِ twice وَلَتَعْلُنَّ and surely you will reach عُلُوًّۭا haughtiness كَبِيرًۭا great ٤

And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."

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فَإِذَا So when جَآءَ came وَعْدُ (the) promise أُولَىٰهُمَا (for) the first of the two بَعَثْنَا We raised عَلَيْكُمْ against you عِبَادًۭا servants لَّنَآ of Ours أُو۟لِى those of great military might بَأْسٍۢ those of great military might شَدِيدٍۢ those of great military might فَجَاسُوا۟ and they entered خِلَـٰلَ the inner most part ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ (of) the homes وَكَانَ and (it) was وَعْدًۭا a promise مَّفْعُولًۭا fulfilled ٥

So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.

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ثُمَّ Then رَدَدْنَا We gave back لَكُمُ to you ٱلْكَرَّةَ the return victory عَلَيْهِمْ over them وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰكُم And We reinforced you بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ with the wealth وَبَنِينَ and sons وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ and made you أَكْثَرَ more نَفِيرًا numerous ٦

Then We gave back to you a return victory over them. And We reinforced you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower.

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إِنْ If أَحْسَنتُمْ you do good أَحْسَنتُمْ you do good لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ for yourselves وَإِنْ and if أَسَأْتُمْ you do evil فَلَهَا ۚ then it is for it فَإِذَا So when جَآءَ came وَعْدُ promise ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ the last لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ to sadden وُجُوهَكُمْ your faces وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ and to enter ٱلْمَسْجِدَ the Masjid كَمَا just as دَخَلُوهُ they (had) entered it أَوَّلَ first مَرَّةٍۢ time وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ and to destroy مَا what عَلَوْا۟ they had conquered تَتْبِيرًا (with) destruction ٧

[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.

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عَسَىٰ (It) may be رَبُّكُمْ that your Lord أَن that your Lord يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ (may) have mercy upon you وَإِنْ But if عُدتُّمْ you return عُدْنَا ۘ We will return وَجَعَلْنَا And We have made جَهَنَّمَ Hell لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ for the disbelievers حَصِيرًا a prison-bed ٨

[Then Allāh said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."

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إِنَّ Indeed هَـٰذَا this ٱلْقُرْءَانَ the Quran يَهْدِى guides لِلَّتِى to that هِىَ which أَقْوَمُ (is) most straight وَيُبَشِّرُ and gives glad tidings ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ to the believers ٱلَّذِينَ those who يَعْمَلُونَ do ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ the righteous deeds أَنَّ that لَهُمْ for them أَجْرًۭا (is) a reward كَبِيرًۭا great ٩

Indeed, this Qur’ān guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward

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وَأَنَّ And that ٱلَّذِينَ those who لَا (do) not يُؤْمِنُونَ believe بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ in the Hereafter أَعْتَدْنَا We have prepared لَهُمْ for them عَذَابًا a punishment أَلِيمًۭا painful ١٠

And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter - We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

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وَيَدْعُ And prays ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ the man بِٱلشَّرِّ for evil دُعَآءَهُۥ (as) he prays بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ for the good وَكَانَ And is ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ the man عَجُولًۭا ever hasty ١١

And man supplicates for evil [when angry] as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

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وَجَعَلْنَا And We have made ٱلَّيْلَ the night وَٱلنَّهَارَ and the day ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ (as) two signs فَمَحَوْنَآ Then We erased ءَايَةَ (the) sign ٱلَّيْلِ (of) the night وَجَعَلْنَآ and We made ءَايَةَ (the) sign ٱلنَّهَارِ (of) the day مُبْصِرَةًۭ visible لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ that you may seek فَضْلًۭا bounty مِّن from رَّبِّكُمْ your Lord وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ and that you may know عَدَدَ (the) number ٱلسِّنِينَ (of) the years وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ and the account وَكُلَّ And every شَىْءٍۢ thing فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ We have explained it تَفْصِيلًۭا (in) detail ١٢

And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

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وَكُلَّ And (for) every إِنسَـٰنٍ man أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ We have fastened to him طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ his fate فِى in عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ his neck وَنُخْرِجُ and We will bring forth لَهُۥ for him يَوْمَ (on the) Day ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ (of) the Resurrection كِتَـٰبًۭا a record يَلْقَىٰهُ which he will find مَنشُورًا wide open ١٣

And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.

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ٱقْرَأْ Read كِتَـٰبَكَ your record كَفَىٰ Sufficient بِنَفْسِكَ (is) yourself ٱلْيَوْمَ today عَلَيْكَ against you حَسِيبًۭا (as) accountant ١٤

[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."

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مَّنِ Whoever ٱهْتَدَىٰ (is) guided فَإِنَّمَا then only يَهْتَدِى he is guided لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ for his soul وَمَن And whoever ضَلَّ goes astray فَإِنَّمَا then only يَضِلُّ he goes astray عَلَيْهَا ۚ against it وَلَا And not تَزِرُ will bear وَازِرَةٌۭ a bearer of burden وِزْرَ burden أُخْرَىٰ ۗ (of) another وَمَا And not كُنَّا We مُعَذِّبِينَ are to punish حَتَّىٰ until نَبْعَثَ We have sent رَسُولًۭا a Messenger ١٥

Whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] his soul. And whoever errs only errs against it. And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. And never would We punish until We sent a messenger.

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وَإِذَآ And when أَرَدْنَآ We intend أَن that نُّهْلِكَ We destroy قَرْيَةً a town أَمَرْنَا We order مُتْرَفِيهَا its wealthy people فَفَسَقُوا۟ but they defiantly disobey فِيهَا therein فَحَقَّ so (is) proved true عَلَيْهَا against it ٱلْقَوْلُ the word فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَا and We destroy it تَدْمِيرًۭا (with) destruction ١٦

And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.

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وَكَمْ And how many أَهْلَكْنَا We destroyed مِنَ from ٱلْقُرُونِ the generations مِنۢ after بَعْدِ after نُوحٍۢ ۗ Nuh وَكَفَىٰ And sufficient بِرَبِّكَ (is) your Lord بِذُنُوبِ concerning the sins عِبَادِهِۦ (of) His servants خَبِيرًۢا All-Aware بَصِيرًۭا All-Seer ١٧

And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Aware and Seeing.

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مَّن Whoever كَانَ should يُرِيدُ desire ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ the immediate عَجَّلْنَا We hasten لَهُۥ for him فِيهَا in it مَا what نَشَآءُ We will لِمَن to whom نُّرِيدُ We intend ثُمَّ Then جَعَلْنَا We have made لَهُۥ for him جَهَنَّمَ Hell يَصْلَىٰهَا he will burn مَذْمُومًۭا disgraced مَّدْحُورًۭا rejected ١٨

Whoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.

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وَمَنْ And whoever أَرَادَ desires ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ the Hereafter وَسَعَىٰ and exerts لَهَا for it سَعْيَهَا the effort وَهُوَ while he مُؤْمِنٌۭ (is) a believer فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ then those كَانَ [are] سَعْيُهُم their effort مَّشْكُورًۭا (is) appreciated ١٩

But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer - it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allāh].

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كُلًّۭا (To) each نُّمِدُّ We extend هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ (to) these وَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ and (to) these مِنْ from عَطَآءِ (the) gift رَبِّكَ ۚ (of) your Lord وَمَا And not كَانَ is عَطَآءُ (the) gift رَبِّكَ (of) your Lord مَحْظُورًا restricted ٢٠

To each [category] We extend - to these and to those - from the gift of your Lord. And never has the gift of your Lord been restricted.

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