Surah 17. Al-Isra

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Verses [Section]: 1-10[1], 11-22 [2], 23-30 [3], 31-40 [4], 41-52 [5], 53-60 [6], 61-70 [7], 71-77 [8], 78-84 [9], 85-93 [10], 94-100 [11], 101-111 [12]

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Quran Text of Verse 71-77یَوْمَ(The) DayنَدْعُوْاWe will callكُلَّallاُنَاسٍۭhuman beingsبِاِمَامِهِمْ ۚwith their recordفَمَنْthen whoeverاُوْتِیَis givenكِتٰبَهٗhis recordبِیَمِیْنِهٖin his right handفَاُولٰٓىِٕكَthen thoseیَقْرَءُوْنَwill readكِتٰبَهُمْtheir recordsوَ لَاand notیُظْلَمُوْنَthey will be wrongedفَتِیْلًا (even as much as) a hair on a date seed وَ مَنْAnd whoeverكَانَisفِیْinهٰذِهٖۤthis (world)اَعْمٰیblindفَهُوَthen heفِیinالْاٰخِرَةِthe Hereafterاَعْمٰی(will be) blindوَ اَضَلُّand more astrayسَبِیْلًا (from the) path وَ اِنْAnd indeedكَادُوْاthey were about (to)لَیَفْتِنُوْنَكَtempt you awayعَنِfromالَّذِیْۤthat whichاَوْحَیْنَاۤWe revealedاِلَیْكَto youلِتَفْتَرِیَthat you inventعَلَیْنَاabout Usغَیْرَهٗ ۖۗother (than) itوَ اِذًاAnd thenلَّاتَّخَذُوْكَsurely they would take youخَلِیْلًا (as) a friend وَ لَوْ لَاۤAnd if notاَنْ[that]ثَبَّتْنٰكَWe (had) strengthened youلَقَدْcertainlyكِدْتَّyou almostتَرْكَنُ(would) have inclinedاِلَیْهِمْto themشَیْـًٔا(in) somethingقَلِیْلًاۗۙa little اِذًاThenلَّاَذَقْنٰكَWe (would) have made you tasteضِعْفَdoubleالْحَیٰوةِ(in) the lifeوَ ضِعْفَand doubleالْمَمَاتِ(after) the deathثُمَّThenلَاnotتَجِدُyou (would) have foundلَكَfor youعَلَیْنَاagainst Usنَصِیْرًا any helper 17. Al-Isra Page 290وَ اِنْAnd indeedكَادُوْاthey were aboutلَیَسْتَفِزُّوْنَكَ(to) scare youمِنَfromالْاَرْضِthe landلِیُخْرِجُوْكَthat they evict youمِنْهَاfrom itوَ اِذًاBut thenلَّاnotیَلْبَثُوْنَthey (would) have stayedخِلٰفَكَafter youاِلَّاexceptقَلِیْلًا a little سُنَّةَ(Such is Our) Wayمَنْ(for) whomقَدْ[verily]اَرْسَلْنَاWe sentقَبْلَكَbefore youمِنْofرُّسُلِنَاOur Messengersوَ لَاAnd notتَجِدُyou will findلِسُنَّتِنَا(in) Our wayتَحْوِیْلًا۠any alteration

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Translation of Verse 71-77

71. ˹Beware of˺ the Day We will summon every people with their leader. ⁵³² So whoever will be given their record in their right hand will read it ˹happily˺ and will not be wronged ˹even by the width of˺ the thread of a date stone.

72. But whoever is blind ˹to the truth˺ in this ˹world˺ will be blind in the Hereafter, and ˹even˺ far more astray from the ˹Right˺ Way.

73. They definitely ˹thought they˺ were about to lure you away from what We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺, hoping that you would attribute something else to Us falsely-and then they would have certainly taken you as a close friend. ⁵³³

74. Had We not made you steadfast, you probably would have inclined to them a little,

75. and then We truly would have made you taste double ˹punishment˺ both in this life and after death, and you would have found no helper against Us.

76. They were about to intimidate you to drive you out of the land ˹of Mecca˺, but then they would not have survived after you ˹had left˺ except for a little while.

77. ˹This has been˺ Our way with the messengers We sent before you. And you will never find any change in Our way.

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Commentary

532. Other meanings include: with their record of deeds, or their prophet, or their scripture.

533. The pagans of Mecca tried in vain to dissuade the Prophet ( ﷺ ) from preaching the message of Islam. In some instances they offered to worship his Allah if he agreed to bow to their idols, and some even offered him riches and positions if he just stopped preaching in the city.