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Surah 17. Isra', The Night Journey, Children Of Israel
Surah Al-Isra'
- Glory to ((Allah)) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless,— in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things).
- We gave Moses the Book, and made it a Guide to the Children of Israel, (commanding): "Take not other than Me as Disposer of (your) affairs."
- O ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah! Verily he was a devotee most grateful.
- And We gave (Clear) Warning to the Children of Israel in the Book, that twice would they do mischief on the earth and be elated with mighty arrogance (and twice would they be punished)!
- When the first of the warnings came to pass, We sent against you Our servants given to terrible warfare: They entered the very inmost parts of your homes; and it was a warning (completely) fulfilled.
- Then did We grant you the Return as against them: We gave you increase in resources and sons, and made you the more numerous in man-power.
- If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did it) against yourselves. So when the second of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and to enter your Temple as they had entered it before, and to visit with destruction all that fell into their power.
- It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy unto you; but if ye revert (to your sins), We shall revert (to Our punishments): And we have made Hell a prison for those who reject (all Faith).
- Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable), and giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward;
- And to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth) that We have prepared for them a Penalty Grievous (indeed).
- The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds).
- We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) Signs: the Sign of the Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the Day We have made to enlighten you; that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may know the number and count of the years: all things have We explained in detail.
- Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open.
- (It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: Sufficient is thy soul this day to make out an account against thee."
- Who receiveth guidance, receiveth it for his own benefit: who goeth astray doth so to his own loss: No bearer of burdens can bear the burden of another: nor would We visit with Our Wrath until We had sent an apostle (to give warning).
- When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send a definite order to those among them who are given the good things of this life and yet transgress; so that the word is proved true against them: then (it is) We destroy them utterly.
- How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? and enough is thy Lord to note and see the sins of His servants.
- If any do wish for the transitory things (of this life), We readily grant them — such things as We will, to such person as We will: in the end have We provided Hell for them: they will burn therein, disgraced and rejected.
- Those who do wish for the (things of) the Hereafter, and strive therefor with all due striving, and have Faith,— they are the ones whose striving is acceptable (to Allah..
- Of the bounties of thy Lord We bestow freely on all- These as well as those: The bounties of thy Lord are not closed (to anyone).
- See how We have bestowed more on some than on
others; but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in
excellence.
- Take not with Allah another object of worship; or
thou (O man!) wilt sit in disgrace and destitution.
- Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him,
and that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them attain old age in
thy life, say not to them a word of contempt, nor repel them, but address them
in terms of honour.
- And, out of kindness, lower to them the wing of
humility, and say: "My Lord! bestow on them thy Mercy even as they cherished me
in childhood."
- Your Lord knoweth best what is in your hearts: If
ye do deeds of righteousness, verily He is Most Forgiving to those who turn to
Him again and again (in true penitence).
- And render to the kindred their due rights, as
(also) to those in want, and to the wayfarer: But squander not (your wealth) in
the manner of a spendthrift.
- Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones;
and the Evil One is to his Lord (himself) ungrateful.
- And even if thou hast to turn away from them in
pursuit of the Mercy from thy Lord which thou dost expect, yet speak to them a
word of easy kindness.
- Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy
neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy
and destitute.
- Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in
abundance for whom He pleaseth, and He provideth in a just measure. For He doth
know and regard all His servants.
- Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall
provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a
great sin.
- Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful
(deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils).
- Nor take life — which Allah has made sacred —
except for just cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir
authority (to demand qisas or to forgive): but let him nor exceed bounds in the
matter of taking life; for he is helped (by the Law).
- Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to
improve it, until he attains the age of full strength; and fulfil (every)
engagement, for (every) engagement will be enquired into (on the Day of
Reckoning).
- Give full measure when ye measure, and weigh with a
balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the most advantageous in
the final determination.
- And pursue not that of which thou hast no
knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart
will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
- Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou
canst not rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.
- Of all such things the evil is hateful in the sight
of thy Lord.
- These are among the (precepts of) wisdom, which thy
Lord has revealed to thee. Take not, with Allah, another object of worship, lest
thou shouldst be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected.
- Has then your Lord (O Pagans!) preferred for you
sons, and taken for Himself daughters among the angels? Truly ye utter a most
dreadful saying!
- We have explained (things) in various (ways) in
this Qur'an, in order that they may receive admonition, but it only increases
their flight (from the Truth)!
- Say: If there had been (other) gods with Him, as
they say,— behold, they would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord of the
Throne!
- Glory to Him! He is high above all that they say!—
Exalted and Great (beyond measure)!
- The seven heavens and the earth, and all beings
therein, declare His glory: there is not a thing but celebrates His praise; And
yet ye understand not how they declare His glory! Verily He is Oft-Forbear, Most
Forgiving!
- When thou dost recite the Qur'an, We put, between
thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter, a veil invisible:
- And We put coverings over their hearts (and minds)
lest they should understand the Qur'an, and deafness into their ears: when thou
dost commemorate thy Lord and Him alone in the Qur'an, they turn on their backs,
fleeing (from the Truth).
- We know best why it is they listen, when they
listen to thee; and when they meet in private conference, behold, the wicked
say, "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched!"
- See what similes they strike for thee: but they
have gone astray, and never can they find a way.
- They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and
dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"
- Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,
- "Or created matter which, in your minds, is hardest
(to be raised up),— (Yet shall ye be raised up)!" then will they say: "Who will
cause us to return?" Say: "He who created you first!" Then will they wag their
heads towards thee, and say, "When will that be?" Say, "May be it will be quite
soon!
- "It will be on a Day when He will call you, and ye
will answer (His call) with (words of) His praise, and ye will think that ye
tarried but a little while!"
- Say to My servants that they should (only) say
those things that are best: for Satan doth sow dissensions among them: For Satan
is to man an avowed enemy.
- It is your Lord that knoweth you best: If He
please, He granteth you mercy, or if He please, punishment: We have not sent
thee to be a disposer of their affairs for them.
- And it is your Lord that knoweth best all beings
that are in the heavens and on earth: We did bestow on some prophets more (and
other) gifts than on others: and We gave to David (the gift of) the Psalms.
- Say: "Call on those — besides Him — whom ye fancy:
they have neither the power to remove your troubles from you nor to change
them."
- Those whom they call upon do desire (for
themselves) means of access to their Lord, — even those who are nearest: they
hope for His Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of thy Lord is something to
take heed of.
- There is not a population but We shall destroy it
before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written
in the (eternal) Record.
- And We refrain from sending the signs, only because
the men of former generations treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to
the Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the
Signs by way of terror (and warning from evil).
- Behold! We told thee that thy Lord doth encompass
mankind round about: We granted the vision which We showed thee, but as a trial
for men,— as also the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Qur'an: We put terror (and
warning) into them, but it only increases their inordinate transgression!
- Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto
Adam": They bowed down except Iblis: He said, "Shall I bow down to one whom Thou
didst create from clay?"
- He said: "Seest Thou? this is the one whom Thou
hast honoured above me! If Thou wilt but respite me to the Day of Judgment, I
will surely bring his descendants under my sway — all but a few!"
- ((Allah)) said: "Go thy way; if any of them follow
thee, verily Hell will be the recompense of you (all)- an ample recompense.
- "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among
them, with thy (seductive) voice; make assaults on them with thy cavalry and thy
infantry; mutually share with them wealth and children; and make promises to
them." But Satan promises them nothing but deceit.
- "As for My servants, no authority shalt thou have
over them:" Enough is thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs.
- Your Lord is He That maketh the Ship go smoothly
for you through the sea, in order that ye may seek of his Bounty. For he is unto
you most Merciful.
- When distress seizes you at sea, those that ye call
upon — besides Himself — leave you in the lurch! but when He brings you back
safe to land, ye turn away (from Him). Most ungrateful is man!
- Do ye then feel secure that He will not cause you
to be swallowed up beneath the earth when ye are on land, or that He will not
send against you a violent tornado (with showers of stones) so that ye shall
find no one to carry out your affairs for you?
- Or do ye feel secure that He will not send you back
a second time to sea and send against you a heavy gale to drown you because of
your ingratitude, so that ye find no helper. Therein against Us?
- We have honoured the sons of Adam; provided them
with transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things good and pure;
and conferred on them special favours, above a great part of our creation.
- One day We shall call together all human beings
with their (respective) Imams: those who are given their record in their right
hand will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be dealt with unjustly in
the least.
- But those who were blind in this world, will be
blind in the hereafter, and most astray from the Path.
- And their purpose was to tempt thee away from that
which We had revealed unto thee, to substitute in our name something quite
different; (in that case), behold! they would certainly have made thee (their)
friend!
- And had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst
nearly have inclined to them a little.
- In that case We should have made thee taste an
equal portion (of punishment) in this life, and an equal portion in death: and
moreover thou wouldst have found none to help thee against Us!
- Their purpose was to scare thee off the land, in
order to expel thee; but in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after
thee, except for a little while.
- (This was Our) way with the apostles We sent before
thee: thou wilt find no change in Our ways.
- Establish regular prayers — at the sun's decline
till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer and reading: for the
prayer and reading in the morning carry their testimony.
- And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it
would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy
Lord raise thee to a Station of Praise and Glory!
- Say: "O my Lord! Let my entry be by the Gate of
Truth and Honour, and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honour; and
grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me)."
- And say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood
perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."
- We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that
which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes
nothing but loss after loss.
- Yet when We bestow Our favours on man, he turns
away and becomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us), and when evil
seizes him he gives himself up to despair!
- Say: "Everyone acts according to his own
disposition: But your Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way."
- They ask thee concerning the Spirit (of
inspiration). Say: "The Spirit (cometh) by command of my Lord: of knowledge it
is only a little that is communicated to you, (O men!)"
- If it were Our Will, We could take away that which
We have sent thee by inspiration:then wouldst thou find none to plead thy affair
in that matter as against Us,—
- Except for Mercy from thy Lord: for his bounty is
to thee (indeed) great.
- Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to
gather together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the
like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support.
- And We have explained to man, in this Qur'an, every
kind of similitude: yet the greater part of men refuse (to receive it) except
with ingratitude!
- They say: "We shall not believe in thee, until thou
cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth,
- "Or (until) thou have a garden of date trees and
vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water;
- "Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou
sayest (will happen), against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels before (us)
face to face:
- "Or thou have a house adorned with gold, or thou
mount a ladder right into the skies. No, we shall not even believe in thy
mounting until thou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to
my Lord! Am I aught but a man,— an apostle?"
- What kept men back from belief when Guidance came
to them, was nothing but this: they said, "Has Allah sent a man (like us) to be
(His) Messenger."
- Say, "If there were settled, on earth, angels
walking about in peace and quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from
the heavens an angel for an apostle."
- Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and
you: for He is well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things).
- It is he whom Allah guides, that is on true
Guidance; but he whom He leaves astray — for such wilt thou find no protector
besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather, them together, prone on
their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it
shows abatement, We shall increase from them the fierceness of the Fire.
- That is their recompense, because they rejected Our
signs, and said, "When we are reduced to bones and broken dust, should we really
be raised up (to be) a new Creation?"
- See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens
and the earth, has power to create the like of them (anew)? Only He has decreed
a term appointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (to receive
it) except with ingratitude.
- Say: "If ye had control of the Treasures of the
Mercy of my Lord, behold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them:
for man is (every) niggardly!"
- To Moses We did give Nine Clear Sings: As the
Children of Israel: when he came to them, Pharaoh said to him: "O Moses! I
consider thee, indeed, to have been worked upon by sorcery!
- Moses said, "Thou knowest well that these things
have been sent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the earth as
eye-opening evidence: and I consider thee indeed, O Pharaoh, to be one doomed to
destruction!"
- So he resolved to remove them from the face of the earth: but We did drown him and all who were with him.
- And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, "Dwell securely in the land (of promise)": but when the second of the warnings came to pass, We gathered you together in a mingled crowd.
- We sent down the (Qur'an) in Truth, and in Truth has it descended: and We sent thee but to give Glad Tidings and to warn (sinners).
- (It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages.
- Say: "Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration,
- "And they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our Lord been fulfilled!'"
- They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their (earnest) humility.
- Say: "Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between."
- Say: "Praise be to Allah, who begets no son, and has no partner in (His) dominion: Nor (needs) He any to protect Him from humiliation: yea, magnify Him for His greatness and glory!"
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