Surah Al-Israa Recitation, Translation, and Tafseer - The Holy Quran

17:81

وَ قُلْ جَآءَ الْحَقُّ وَ زَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُؕ-اِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوْقًا(۸۱)

And say: "Truth has come and falsehood nullified." Verily falsehood is perishable.

And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."

17:82

وَ نُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْاٰنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَّ رَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَۙ-وَ لَا یَزِیْدُ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ اِلَّا خَسَارًا(۸۲)

What We have sent down of the Qur´an is a healing and a grace for the faithful, and adds only loss for the sinners.

We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss.

17:83

وَ اِذَاۤ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْاِنْسَانِ اَعْرَضَ وَ نَاٰ بِجَانِبِهٖۚ-وَ اِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ یَـٴُـوْسًا (۸۳)

When We are gracious to man he turns away and moves aside; yet when evil befalls him he begins to despair.

Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, he turns away and becomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and when evil seizes him he gives himself up to despair!

17:84

قُلْ كُلٌّ یَّعْمَلُ عَلٰى شَاكِلَتِهٖؕ-فَرَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ اَهْدٰى سَبِیْلًا۠(۸۴)

Say: "Each one acts according to his disposition, but your Lord knows well who follow the right path."

Say: "Everyone acts according to his own disposition: But your Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way."

17:85

وَ یَسْــٴَـلُوْنَكَ عَنِ الرُّوْحِؕ-قُلِ الرُّوْحُ مِنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّیْ وَ مَاۤ اُوْتِیْتُمْ مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ اِلَّا قَلِیْلًا(۸۵)

They ask you about revelation. Say, revelation is by the command of your Lord, and that you have been given but little knowledge.

They ask thee concerning the Spirit (of inspiration). Say: "The Spirit (cometh) by command of my Lord: of knowledge it is only a little that is communicated to you, (O men!)"

17:86

وَ لَىٕنْ شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِالَّذِیْۤ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ اِلَیْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهٖ عَلَیْنَا وَكِیْلًاۙ(۸۶)

If We pleased We could take away what We have revealed to you. Then you will not find any one to plead for it with Us,

If it were Our Will, We could take away that which We have sent thee by inspiration: then wouldst thou find none to plead thy affair in that matter as against Us,-

17:87

اِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّكَؕ-اِنَّ فَضْلَهٗ كَانَ عَلَیْكَ كَبِیْرًا(۸۷)

Unless your Lord have mercy. His blessings on you are great indeed.

Except for Mercy from thy Lord: for his bounty is to thee (indeed) great.

17:88

قُلْ لَّىٕنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْاِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُّ عَلٰۤى اَنْ یَّاْتُوْا بِمِثْلِ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لَا یَاْتُوْنَ بِمِثْلِهٖ وَ لَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِیْرًا(۸۸)

Say: "Surely if men and jinns get together to produce the like of this (Qur´an), they will not be able to produce the like of it, however they might assist one another.

Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support.

17:89

وَ لَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِیْ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍ٘-فَاَبٰۤى اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوْرًا(۸۹)

We have given examples of every kind to men in this Qur´an in various ways, and even then most men disdain everything but unbelief,

And We have explained to man, in this Qur'an, every kind of similitude: yet the greater part of men refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude!

17:90

وَ قَالُوْا لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتّٰى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَرْضِ یَنْۢبُوْعًاۙ(۹۰)

And say: "We will not believe you until you make a spring of water gush forth from the earth for us;

They say: "We shall not believe in thee, until thou cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth,

17:91

اَوْ تَكُوْنَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِّنْ نَّخِیْلٍ وَّ عِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ الْاَنْهٰرَ خِلٰلَهَا تَفْجِیْرًاۙ(۹۱)

Or, until you acquire an orchard of date-palm trees and grapes, and produce rivers flowing through it;

"Or (until) thou have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water;

17:92

اَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَیْنَا كِسَفًا اَوْ تَاْتِیَ بِاللّٰهِ وَ الْمَلٰٓىٕكَةِ قَبِیْلًاۙ(۹۲)

Or, let chunks of sky fall over us, as you assert (you will); or, bring God and the angels as a surety;

"Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will happen), against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us) face to face:

17:93

اَوْ یَكُوْنَ لَكَ بَیْتٌ مِّنْ زُخْرُفٍ اَوْ تَرْقٰى فِی السَّمَآءِؕ-وَ لَنْ نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِیِّكَ حَتّٰى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَیْنَا كِتٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهٗؕ-قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّیْ هَلْ كُنْتُ اِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُوْلًا۠(۹۳)

Or, you come to possess a house of gold; or ascend to the skies, though we shall not believe in your having ascended till you bring down a book for us which we could read." Say: "Glory to my Lord. I am only man and a messenger."

"Or thou have a house adorned with gold, or thou mount a ladder right into the skies. No, we shall not even believe in thy mounting until thou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to my Lord! Am I aught but a man,- a messenger?"

17:94

وَ مَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ یُّؤْمِنُوْۤا اِذْ جَآءَهُمُ الْهُدٰۤى اِلَّاۤ اَنْ قَالُوْۤا اَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُوْلًا(۹۴)

Nothing prevented men from believing when guidance came to them, other than (what) they said: "Has God sent (only) a man as messenger?"

What kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them, was nothing but this: they said, "Has Allah sent a man (like us) to be (His) Messenger?"

17:95

قُلْ لَّوْ كَانَ فِی الْاَرْضِ مَلٰٓىٕكَةٌ یَّمْشُوْنَ مُطْمَىٕنِّیْنَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُوْلًا(۹۵)

Say: "If angels had peopled the earth and walked about in peace and quiet, We would surely have sent to them an angel as messenger.

Say, "If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about in peace and quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger."

17:96

قُلْ كَفٰى بِاللّٰهِ شَهِیْدًۢا بَیْنِیْ وَ بَیْنَكُمْؕ-اِنَّهٗ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهٖ خَبِیْرًۢا بَصِیْرًا(۹۶)

Tell them: "God is sufficient witness between me and you, for He knows His creatures well, and is well-informed."

Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you: for He is well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things).

17:97

وَ مَنْ یَّهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِۚ-وَ مَنْ یُّضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُمْ اَوْلِیَآءَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖؕ-وَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیٰمَةِ عَلٰى وُجُوْهِهِمْ عُمْیًا وَّ بُكْمًا وَّ صُمًّاؕ-مَاْوٰىهُمْ جَهَنَّمُؕ-كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنٰهُمْ سَعِیْرًا(۹۷)

He is guided whom God guides. As for him He allows to go astray, you will not find a protector other than Him. We shall raise them on the Day of Resurrection in their own image, blind and dumb and deaf: Their habitation will be Hell. Every time (its fire) subsides We will intensify its flame.

It is he whom Allah guides, that is on true Guidance; but he whom He leaves astray - for such wilt thou find no protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather, them together, prone on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it shows abatement, We shall increase from them the fierceness of the Fire.

17:98

ذٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ بِاَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا وَ قَالُوْۤا ءَاِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَّ رُفَاتًا ءَاِنَّا لَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَ خَلْقًا جَدِیْدًا(۹۸)

This will be their retribution for having denied Our signs and said: "Once we are turned to bones and bits, can we be raised as a new creation?"

That is their recompense, because they rejected Our signs, and said, "When we are reduced to bones and broken dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new Creation?"

17:99

اَوَ لَمْ یَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ الَّذِیْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلٰۤى اَنْ یَّخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَ جَعَلَ لَهُمْ اَجَلًا لَّا رَیْبَ فِیْهِؕ-فَاَبَى الظّٰلِمُوْنَ اِلَّا كُفُوْرًا(۹۹)

Do they not perceive that God, who created the heavens and the earth, has the power to create the like of them? There is no doubt that. He has fixed a term for them. Even then the wicked disdain everything but unbelief.

See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, has power to create the like of them (anew)? Only He has decreed a term appointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude.

17:100

قُلْ لَّوْ اَنْتُمْ تَمْلِكُوْنَ خَزَآىٕنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّیْۤ اِذًا لَّاَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْیَةَ الْاِنْفَاقِؕ-وَ كَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ قَتُوْرًا۠(۱۰۰)

Say: "Even if you owned the stores of the mercy of my Lord, you would have held them back for fear of spending them, for man is niggardly."

Say: "If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them: for man is (every) niggardly!"

17:101

وَ لَقَدْ اٰتَیْنَا مُوْسٰى تِسْعَ اٰیٰتٍۭ بَیِّنٰتٍ فَسْــٴَـلْ بَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ اِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهٗ فِرْعَوْنُ اِنِّیْ لَاَظُنُّكَ یٰمُوْسٰى مَسْحُوْرًا(۱۰۱)

We gave Moses nine clear signs; so ask the children of Israel. When (Moses) came to them the Pharaoh said: "I think, O Moses, you have been deluded."

To Moses We did give Nine Clear Signs: As the Children of Israel: when he came to them, Pharaoh said to him: "O Moses! I consider thee, indeed, to have been worked upon by sorcery!

17:102

قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَاۤ اَنْزَلَ هٰۤؤُلَآءِ اِلَّا رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ بَصَآىٕرَۚ-وَ اِنِّیْ لَاَظُنُّكَ یٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُوْرًا(۱۰۲)

He replied: "You know that none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth has sent these (signs) as cogent proof. I truly think, O Pharaoh, your days are done."

Moses said, "Thou knowest well that these things have been sent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as eye-opening evidence: and I consider thee indeed, O Pharaoh, to be one doomed to destruction!"

17:103

فَاَرَادَ اَنْ یَّسْتَفِزَّهُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ فَاَغْرَقْنٰهُ وَ مَنْ مَّعَهٗ جَمِیْعًاۙ(۱۰۳)

Then he sought to turn them out of the land, but We drowned him and all his followers.

So he resolved to remove them from the face of the earth: but We did drown him and all who were with him.

17:104

وَّ قُلْنَا مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ لِبَنِیْۤ اِسْرَآءِیْلَ اسْكُنُوا الْاَرْضَ فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ الْاٰخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِیْفًاؕ(۱۰۴)

After this We told the children of Israel: "Dwell in the land. When the promise of reckoning comes, We shall bring you together from a motley crowd.

And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, "Dwell securely in the land (of promise)": but when the second of the warnings came to pass, We gathered you together in a mingled crowd.

17:105

وَ بِالْحَقِّ اَنْزَلْنٰهُ وَ بِالْحَقِّ نَزَلَؕ-وَ مَاۤ اَرْسَلْنٰكَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَّ نَذِیْرًاۘ(۱۰۵)

We have sent it down with truth, and with truth has (the Qur´an) come down. And We have sent you only to give good news and to warn.

We sent down the (Qur'an) in Truth, and in Truth has it descended: and We sent thee but to give Glad Tidings and to warn (sinners).

17:106

وَ قُرْاٰنًا فَرَقْنٰهُ لِتَقْرَاَهٗ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلٰى مُكْثٍ وَّ نَزَّلْنٰهُ تَنْزِیْلًا(۱۰۶)

We have divided the Qur´an into parts that you may recite it to men slowly, with deliberation. That is why We sent it down by degrees.

(It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages.

17:107

قُلْ اٰمِنُوْا بِهٖۤ اَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوْاؕ-اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اُوْتُوا الْعِلْمَ مِنْ قَبْلِهٖۤ اِذَا یُتْلٰى عَلَیْهِمْ یَخِرُّوْنَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًاۙ(۱۰۷)

Say: "Believe in it or do not believe: Those who were given knowledge before it bow in adoration when it is read out to them,

Say: "Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration,

17:108

وَّ یَقُوْلُوْنَ سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّنَاۤ اِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُوْلًا(۱۰۸)

And say: "Glory be to our Lord. The promise of our Lord has indeed been fulfilled."

"And they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our Lord been fulfilled!'"

17:109

وَ یَخِرُّوْنَ لِلْاَذْقَانِ یَبْكُوْنَ وَ یَزِیْدُهُمْ خُشُوْعًا۩(۱۰۹)

And weeping they kneel down, and this increases their humility.

They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their (earnest) humility.

17:110

قُلِ ادْعُوا اللّٰهَ اَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمٰنَؕ-اَیًّا مَّا تَدْعُوْا فَلَهُ الْاَسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنٰىۚ-وَ لَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَ لَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَ ابْتَغِ بَیْنَ ذٰلِكَ سَبِیْلًا(۱۱۰)

Say: "Call Him Allah or call Him Ar-Rahman; whatever the name you call Him by, all His names are beautiful." Do not say your prayers too loudly or in too low a voice, but follow a middle coarse.

Say: "Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between."

17:111

وَ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِیْ لَمْ یَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَّ لَمْ یَكُنْ لَّهٗ شَرِیْكٌ فِی الْمُلْكِ وَ لَمْ یَكُنْ لَّهٗ وَلِیٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ وَ كَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِیْرًا۠(۱۱۱)

And say: "All praise be to God who has neither begotten a son nor has a partner in His kingdom; nor has He need of any one to protect Him from ignominy. So extol Him by extolling His majesty."

Say: "Praise be to Allah, who begets no son, and has no partner in (His) dominion: Nor (needs) He any to protect Him from humiliation: yea, magnify Him for His greatness and glory!"