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17. Surah Al-Isra

The Night Journey · Makki · 111 Ayahs

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

17:1

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.

— Come To Light

17:2

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,

— Come To Light

17:3

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.

— Come To Light

17:4

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."

— Come To Light

17:5

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.

— Come To Light

17:6

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.

— Come To Light

17:7

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.

— Come To Light

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