17a. Al-Isra (1 to 50)

Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from

the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far Distant Place …

17.1

Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from 
the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far Distant Place 
of Worship the neighborhood whereof We have blessed , 
that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He , only He , 
is the Nearer , the Seer .

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17.2

We gave unto Moses the Scripture , and We appointed 
it a guidance for the Children of Israel , saying : Choose 
no guardian beside Me .

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17.3

( They were ) the seed of those whom We carried ( in
the ship ) along with Noah . Lo! he was a grateful slave .

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17.4

And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the 
scripture : Ye verily will work corruption in the earth twice , 
and ye will become great tyrants .

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17.5

So when the time for the first of the two came , We 
roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who 
ravaged ( your ) country , and it was a threat performed .

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17.6

Then we gave you once again your turn against them , 
and We aided you with wealth and children and made 
you more in soldiery ,

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17.7

( Saying ) : If ye do good , ye do good for your own 
souls , and if ye do evil , it is for them ( in like manner ) . 
So , when the time for the second ( of the judgments ) 
came ( We roused against you others of Our slaves ) to 
ravage you , and to enter the Temple even as they 
entered it the first time , and to lay waste all that they 
conquered with an utter wasting .

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17.8

It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you , but if 
ye repeat ( the crime ) We shall repeat ( the 
punishment ) , and We have appointed hell a dungeon 
for the disbelievers .

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17.9

Lo! this quran_en guideth unto that which is straightest , 
and giveth tidings unto the believers who do good 
works that theirs will be a great reward .

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17.10

And that those who believe not in the Hereafter , for 
them We have prepared a painful doom .

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17.11

Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good ; for man 
was ever hasty .

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17.12

And we appoint the night and the day two portents . 
Then We make dark the portent of the night , and We 
make the portent of the day sight giving , that ye may 
seek bounty from your Lord , and that ye may know the 
computation of the years , and the reckoning ; and 
everything have We expounded with a clear expounding .

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17.13

And every man ' s augury have We fastened to his own 
neck , and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of 
Resurrection a book which he will find wide open .

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17.14

( And it will be said unto him ) : Read thy book . Thy 
soul sufficeth as reckoner against thee this day .

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17.15

Whosoever goeth right , it is only for ( the good of ) his 
own soul that he goeth right , and whosoever erreth , 
erreth only to its hurt . No laden soul can bear another ' s 
load . We never punish until We have sent a messenger .

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17.16

And when We would destroy a township We send 
commandment to its folk who live at ease , and afterward 
they commit abomination therein , and so the Word ( of 
doom ) hath effect for it , and We annihilate it with 
complete annihilation .

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17.17

How many generations have we destroyed since Noah! 
And Allah sufficeth as knower and Beholder of the sins 
of His slaves .

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17.18

Whoso desireth that ( life ) which hasteneth away , We 
hasten for him therein that We will for whom We please . 
And afterward We have appointed for him hell ; he will 
endure the heat thereof , condemned , rejected .

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17.19

And whoso desireth the Hereafter and striveth for it with 
the effort necessary , being a believer ; for such , their 
effort findeth favor ( with their Lord ) .

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17.20

Each do We supply , both these and those , from the 
bounty of thy Lord . And the bounty of thy Lord can never 
be walled up .

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17.21

See how We prefer one above another , and verily the 
Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in 
preferment .

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17.22

Set not up with Allah any other god ( O man ) lest thou 
sit down reproved , forsaken .

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17.23

Thy Lord hath decreed , that ye worship none save Him , 
and ( that ye show ) kindness to parents . If one of them 
or both of them to attain old age with thee , say not "Fie" 
unto them nor repulse them , but speak unto them a 
gracious word .

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17.24

And lower unto them the wing of submission through 
mercy , and say : My Lord! Have mercy on them both as
they did care for me when I was little .

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17.25

Your Lord is best aware of what is in your minds . If ye 
are righteous , then lo! He was ever Forgiving unto 
those who turn ( unto Him ) .

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17.26

Give the kinsman his due , and the needy , and the 
wayfarer , and squander not ( thy wealth ) in 
wantonness .

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17.27

Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils , 
and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord .

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17.28

But if thou turn away from them , seeking mercy from thy 
Lord , for which thou hopest , then speak unto them a 
reasonable word .

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17.29

And let not thy hand be chained to thy neck nor open it 
with a complete opening , lest thou sit down rebuked , 
denuded .

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17.30

Lo! thy Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will , 
and straiteneth ( it for whom He will ) . Lo , He was ever 
Knower , Seer of His slaves .

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17.31

Slay not your children , fearing a fall to poverty , We shall 
provide for them and for you . Lo! the slaying of them is 
great sin .

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17.32

And come not near unto adultery . Lo! it is an 
abomination and an evil way .

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17.33

And slay not the life which Allah hath forbidden save 
with right . Whoso is slain wrongfully , We have given 
power unto his heir , but let him not commit excess in 
slaying . Lo! he will be helped .

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17.34

Come not near the wealth of the orphan save with that 
which is better till he come to strength ; and keep the 
covenant . Lo! of the covenant it will be asked .

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17.35

Fill the measure then ye measure , and weigh with a 
right balance ; that is meet , and better in the end .

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17.36

( O man ) , follow not that whereof thou hast no 
knowledge . Lo! the hearing and the sight and the 
heart of each of these it will be asked .

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17.37

And walk not in the earth exultant . Lo! thou canst not 
rend the earth , nor canst thou stretch to the height of 
the hills .

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17.38

The evil of all that is hateful in the sight of thy Lord .

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17.39

This is ( part ) of that wisdom wherewith thy Lord hath 
inspired thee ( O Muhammad ) . And set not up with 
Allah any other god , lest thou be cast into hell , reproved , 
abandoned .

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17.40

Hath your Lord then distinguished you ( O men of Mecca ) 
by giving you sons , and hath chosen for Himself females 
from among the angels? Lo! verily ye speak an awful word!

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17.41

We verily have displayed ( Our warnings ) in this 
quran_en that they may take heed , but it increaseth 
them in naught save aversion .

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17.42

Say ( O Muhammad , to the disbelievers ) : If there were 
other gods along with Him , as they say , then had they 
sought a way against the Lord of the Throne .

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17.43

Glorified is He , and High Exalted above what they say!

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17.44

The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein 
praise Him , and there is not a thing but hymneth his 
praise ; but ye understand not their praise . Lo! He is 
ever Clement , Forgiving .

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17.45

And when thou recitest the quran_en We place between 
thee , and those who believe not in the Hereafter a 
hidden barrier ;

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17.46

And We place upon their hearts veils lest they should 
understand it , and in their ears a deafness ; and when 
thou makest mention of thy Lord alone in the quran_en , 
they turn their backs in aversion .

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17.47

We are best aware of what they wish to hear when they 
give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel , 
when the evil doers say : Ye follow but a man bewitched .

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17.48

See what similitudes they coin for thee , and thus are
all astray , and cannot find a road!

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17.49

And they say : When we are bones and fragments , 
shall we , forsooth , be raised up as a new creation?

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17.50

Say : Be ye stones or iron