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 41-52وَ لَقَدْAnd verilyصَرَّفْنَاWe have explainedفِیْinهٰذَاthisالْقُرْاٰنِthe Quranلِیَذَّكَّرُوْا ؕthat they may take heedوَ مَاbut notیَزِیْدُهُمْit increases themاِلَّاexceptنُفُوْرًا (in) aversion قُلْSayلَّوْIfكَانَ(there) wereمَعَهٗۤwith Himاٰلِهَةٌgodsكَمَاasیَقُوْلُوْنَthey sayاِذًاthenلَّابْتَغَوْاsurely they (would) have soughtاِلٰیtoذِی(the) Ownerالْعَرْشِ(of) the Throneسَبِیْلًا a way سُبْحٰنَهٗGlorified is Heوَ تَعٰلٰیand Exalted is Heعَمَّاabove whatیَقُوْلُوْنَthey sayعُلُوًّا(by) heightكَبِیْرًا great تُسَبِّحُGlorifyلَهُ[to] Himالسَّمٰوٰتُthe seven heavensالسَّبْعُthe seven heavensوَ الْاَرْضُand the earthوَ مَنْand whateverفِیْهِنَّ ؕ(is) in themوَ اِنْAnd (there is) notمِّنْanyشَیْءٍthingاِلَّاexceptیُسَبِّحُglorifiesبِحَمْدِهٖHis Praiseوَ لٰكِنْbutلَّاnotتَفْقَهُوْنَyou understandتَسْبِیْحَهُمْ ؕtheir glorificationاِنَّهٗIndeed, HeكَانَisحَلِیْمًاEver-Forbearingغَفُوْرًا Oft-Forgiving وَ اِذَاAnd whenقَرَاْتَyou reciteالْقُرْاٰنَthe QuranجَعَلْنَاWe placeبَیْنَكَbetween youوَ بَیْنَand betweenالَّذِیْنَthose whoلَا(do) notیُؤْمِنُوْنَbelieveبِالْاٰخِرَةِin the Hereafterحِجَابًاa barrierمَّسْتُوْرًاۙhidden وَّ جَعَلْنَاAnd We have placedعَلٰیoverقُلُوْبِهِمْtheir heartsاَكِنَّةًcoveringsاَنْlestیَّفْقَهُوْهُthey understand itوَ فِیْۤand inاٰذَانِهِمْtheir earsوَقْرًا ؕdeafnessوَ اِذَاAnd whenذَكَرْتَyou mentionرَبَّكَyour Lordفِیinالْقُرْاٰنِthe QuranوَحْدَهٗAloneوَلَّوْاthey turnعَلٰۤیonاَدْبَارِهِمْtheir backsنُفُوْرًا (in) aversion نَحْنُWeاَعْلَمُknow bestبِمَا[of] whatیَسْتَمِعُوْنَthey listenبِهٖۤto [it]اِذْwhenیَسْتَمِعُوْنَthey listenاِلَیْكَto youوَ اِذْand whenهُمْtheyنَجْوٰۤی(are) in private conversationاِذْwhenیَقُوْلُsayالظّٰلِمُوْنَthe wrongdoersاِنْNotتَتَّبِعُوْنَyou followاِلَّاbutرَجُلًاa manمَّسْحُوْرًا bewitched اُنْظُرْSeeكَیْفَhowضَرَبُوْاthey put forthلَكَfor youالْاَمْثَالَthe examplesفَضَلُّوْاbut they have gone astrayفَلَاso notیَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَthey canسَبِیْلًا (find) a way وَ قَالُوْۤاAnd they sayءَاِذَاIs it whenكُنَّاwe areعِظَامًاbonesوَّ رُفَاتًاand crumbled particlesءَاِنَّاwill weلَمَبْعُوْثُوْنَsurely (be) resurrectedخَلْقًا(as) a creationجَدِیْدًا new 17. Al-Isra Page 287قُلْSayكُوْنُوْاBeحِجَارَةًstonesاَوْorحَدِیْدًاۙiron اَوْOrخَلْقًاa creationمِّمَّاof whatیَكْبُرُ(is) greatفِیْinصُدُوْرِكُمْ ۚyour breastsفَسَیَقُوْلُوْنَThen they will sayمَنْWhoیُّعِیْدُنَا ؕwill restore usقُلِSayالَّذِیْHe Whoفَطَرَكُمْcreated youاَوَّلَ(the) firstمَرَّةٍ ۚtimeفَسَیُنْغِضُوْنَThen they will shakeاِلَیْكَat youرُءُوْسَهُمْtheir headsوَ یَقُوْلُوْنَand they sayمَتٰیWhen (will)هُوَ ؕit (be)قُلْSayعَسٰۤیPerhapsاَنْthatیَّكُوْنَ(it) will beقَرِیْبًا soon یَوْمَ(On) the DayیَدْعُوْكُمْHe will call youفَتَسْتَجِیْبُوْنَand you will respondبِحَمْدِهٖwith His Praiseوَ تَظُنُّوْنَand you will thinkاِنْnotلَّبِثْتُمْyou had remainedاِلَّاexceptقَلِیْلًا۠a little (while)

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Translation of Verse 41-52

41. We have surely varied ˹the signs˺ in this Quran so perhaps they may be mindful, but it only drives them farther away.

42. Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ "Had there been other gods besides Him-as they claim-then they would have certainly sought a way to ˹challenge˺ the Lord of the Throne."

43. Glorified and Highly Exalted is He above what they claim!

44. The seven heavens, the earth, and all those in them glorify Him. There is not a single thing that does not glorify His praises-but you ˹simply˺ cannot comprehend their glorification. He is indeed Most Forbearing, All-Forgiving.

45. When you ˹O Prophet˺ recite the Quran, We put a hidden barrier between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter.

46. We have cast veils over their hearts-leaving them unable to comprehend it-and deafness in their ears. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.

47. We know best how they listen to your recitation and what they say privately-when the wrongdoers say, "You would only be following a bewitched man."

48. See how they call you names ˹O Prophet˺! ⁵²⁴ So they have gone so ˹far˺ astray that they cannot find the ˹Right˺ Way.

49. And they say ˹mockingly˺, "When we are reduced to bones and ashes, will we really be raised as a new creation?"

50. Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ "˹Yes, even if˺ you become stones, or iron,

51. or whatever you think is harder to bring to life!" Then they will ask ˹you˺, "Who will bring us back ˹to life˺?" Say, "The One Who created you the first time." They will then shake their heads at you and ask, "When will that be?" Say, "Perhaps it is soon!"

52. On the Day He will call you, you will ˹instantly˺ respond by praising Him, ⁵²⁵ thinking you had remained ˹in the world˺ only for a little while.

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Commentary

524. They rejected you as a magician, a poet, a fabricator, and madman.

525. When everyone is raised from the dead, they will all praise Allah, regardless of what they had believed in this life.