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 291 (Verses from 87 to 96)
إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًا
قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا
وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا
أَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ خِلَٰلَهَا تَفْجِيرًا
أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا
أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا
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English Translation
Except [We have left it with you] as a mercy from your Lord. Indeed, His favor upon you has ever been great.English Transliteration
Illa rahmatan min rabbika inna fadlahu kana AAalayka kabeeran
excepting by some mercy of thy Lord; surly His favour to thee is great.
English Translation
Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur\'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."English Transliteration
Qul laini ijtamaAAati alinsu waaljinnu AAala an yatoo bimithli hatha alqurani la yatoona bimithlihi walaw kana baAAduhum libaAAdin thaheeran
Say: 'If men and jinn banded together to produce the like of this Koran, they would never produce its like, not though they backed one another.'
English Translation
And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur\'an from every [kind] of example, but most of the people refused [anything] except disbelief.English Transliteration
Walaqad sarrafna lilnnasi fee hatha alqurani min kulli mathalin faaba aktharu alnnasi illa kufooran
We have indeed turned about for men in this Koran every manner of similitude; yet most men refuse all but unbelief.
English Translation
And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring.English Transliteration
Waqaloo lan numina laka hatta tafjura lana mina alardi yanbooAAan
They say, 'We will not believe thee till thou makest a spring to gush forth from the earth for us,
English Translation
Or [until] you have a garden of palm tress and grapes and make rivers gush forth within them in force [and abundance]English Transliteration
Aw takoona laka jannatun min nakheelin waAAinabin fatufajjira alanhara khilalaha tafjeeran
or till thou possessest a garden of plants and vines, and thou makest rivers to gush forth abundantly all amongst it,
English Translation
Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allah and the angels before [us]English Transliteration
Aw tusqita alssamaa kama zaAAamta AAalayna kisafan aw tatiya biAllahi waalmalaikati qabeelan
or till thou makest heaven to fall, as thou assertest, on us in fragments, or thou bringest God and the angels as a surety,
English Translation
Or you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"English Transliteration
Aw yakoona laka baytun min zukhrufin aw tarqa fee alssamai walan numina liruqiyyika hatta tunazzila AAalayna kitaban naqraohu qul subhana rabbee hal kuntu illa basharan rasoolan
or till thou possessest a house of gold ornament, or till thou goest up into heaven; and we will not believe thy going up till thou bringest down on us a book that we may read. Say: 'Glory be to my Lord. Am I aught but a mortal, a Messenger?'
English Translation
And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allah sent a human messenger?"English Transliteration
Wama manaAAa alnnasa an yuminoo ith jaahumu alhuda illa an qaloo abaAAatha Allahu basharan rasoolan
And naught prevented men from believing when the guidance came to them, but that they said, 'Has God sent forth a mortal as Messenger?'
English Translation
Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."English Transliteration
Qul law kana fee alardi malaikatun yamshoona mutmainneena lanazzalna AAalayhim mina alssamai malakan rasoolan
Say: 'Had there been in the earth angels walking. at peace, We would have sent down upon them out of heaven an angel as Messenger.'
English Translation
Say, "Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and you. Indeed he is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing."English Transliteration
Qul kafa biAllahi shaheedan baynee wabaynakum innahu kana biAAibadihi khabeeran baseeran
Say: 'God suffices as a witness between me and you; surely He is aware of and sees His servants.'
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