Surah Al-Israa (17): Read Online and Download - English Translation
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Information About Surah Al-Israa
- Type of Surah Al-Israa: Meccan
- Number of verses in Surah Al-Israa: 111
- Order of Surah Al-Israa in Quran: 17
- Order of revelation: 50
- Surah name in English: The Night Journey
- Page numbers in Quran: from page 282 to 293
- Translation: Saheeh International
- Tafsir: Arberry
Surah Al-Israa
سُورَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Page 282 (Verses from 1 to 7)
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Tafsir of Surah Al-Israa (Arberry: A. J. Arberry)
English Translation
Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.English Transliteration
Subhana allathee asra biAAabdihi laylan mina almasjidi alharami ila almasjidi alaqsa allathee barakna hawlahu linuriyahu min ayatina innahu huwa alssameeAAu albaseeru
Glory be to Him, who carried His servant by night from the Holy Mosque to the Further Mosque the precincts of which We have blessed, that We might show him some of Our signs. He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.
English Translation
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,English Transliteration
Waatayna moosa alkitaba wajaAAalnahu hudan libanee israeela alla tattakhithoo min doonee wakeelan
And We gave Moses the Book, and made it a guidance to the Children of Israel: 'Take not unto yourselves any guardian apart from Me.'
English Translation
O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.English Transliteration
Thurriyyata man hamalna maAAa noohin innahu kana AAabdan shakooran
The seed of those We bore with Noah; he was a thankful servant.
English Translation
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.English Transliteration
Waqadayna ila banee israeela fee alkitabi latufsidunna fee alardi marratayni walataAAlunna AAuluwwan kabeeran
And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Book: 'You shall do corruption in the earth twice, and you shall ascend exceeding high.'
English Translation
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.English Transliteration
Faitha jaa waAAdu oolahuma baAAathna AAalaykum AAibadan lana olee basin shadeedin fajasoo khilala alddiyari wakana waAAdan mafAAoolan
So, when the promise of the first of these came to pass, We sent against you servants of Ours, men of great might, and they went through the habitations, and it was a promise performed.
English Translation
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 manpowerEnglish Transliteration
Thumma radadna lakumu alkarrata AAalayhim waamdadnakum biamwalin wabaneena wajaAAalnakum akthara nafeeran
Then We gave back to you the turn to prevail over them, and We succoured you with wealth and children, and We made you a greater host.
English Translation
[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves." Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.English Transliteration
In ahsantum ahsantum lianfusikum wain asatum falaha faitha jaa waAAdu alakhirati liyasoooo wujoohakum waliyadkhuloo almasjida kama dakhaloohu awwala marratin waliyutabbiroo ma AAalaw tatbeeran
'If you do good, it is your own souls you do good to, and if you do evil it is to them likewise.' Then, when the promise of the second came to pass, We sent against you Our servants to discountenance you, and to enter the Temple, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy utterly that which they ascended to.
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