17. Al-Israa سُورَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Yusuf AliGlory to (God) 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)
Yusuf AliWe 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
Yusuf AliO ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah! Verily he was a devotee most grateful
Yusuf AliAnd 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)
Yusuf AliWhen 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
Yusuf AliThen 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
Yusuf AliIf 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 b efore, and to visit with destruction all that fell into their power
Yusuf AliIt 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)
Yusuf AliVerily 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
Yusuf AliAnd to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth) that We have prepared for them a Penalty Grievous (indeed)
Yusuf AliThe prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given to hasty (deeds)
Yusuf AliWe 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
Yusuf AliEvery 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
Yusuf Ali(It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: Sufficient is thy soul this day to make out an account against thee
Yusuf AliWho 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)
Yusuf AliWhen 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
Yusuf AliHow many generations have We destroyed after Noah? and enough is thy Lord to note and see the sins of His servants
Yusuf AliIf 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
Yusuf AliThose 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 God)
Yusuf AliOf 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)
Yusuf AliSee how We have bestowed more on some than on others; but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence
Yusuf AliTake not with God another object of worship; or thou (O man!) wilt sit in disgrace and destitution
Yusuf AliThy 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
Yusuf AliAnd, 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
Yusuf AliYour 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)
Yusuf AliAnd 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
Yusuf AliVerily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and the Evil One is to his Lord (himself) ungrateful
Yusuf AliAnd 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
Yusuf AliMake 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
Yusuf AliVerily 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
Yusuf AliKill 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
Yusuf AliNor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils)
Yusuf AliNor take life - which God 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)
Yusuf AliCome 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)
Yusuf AliGive 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
Yusuf AliAnd 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)
Yusuf AliNor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height
Yusuf AliOf all such things the evil is hateful in the sight of thy Lord
Yusuf AliThese are among the (precepts of) wisdom, which thy Lord has revealed to thee. Take not, with God, another object of worship, lest thou shouldst be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected
Yusuf AliHas then your Lord (O Pagans!) preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself daughters among the angels? Truly ye utter a most dreadful saying
Yusuf AliWe 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)
Yusuf AliSay: 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
Yusuf AliGlory to Him! He is high above all that they say!- Exalted and Great (beyond measure)
Yusuf AliThe 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
Yusuf AliWhen thou dost recite the Qur'an, We put, between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter, a veil invisible
Yusuf AliAnd 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)
Yusuf AliWe 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
Yusuf AliSee what similes they strike for thee: but they have gone astray, and never can they find a way
Yusuf AliThey say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust, should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation
Yusuf AliOr 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, "Whe n will that be?" Say, "May be it will be quite soon
Yusuf AliIt 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
Yusuf AliSay 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
Yusuf AliIt 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
Yusuf AliAnd 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
Yusuf AliSay: "Call on those - besides Him - whom ye fancy: they have neither the power to remove your troubles from you nor to change them
Yusuf AliThose 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
Yusuf AliThere 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
Yusuf AliAnd 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 warn ing from evil)
Yusuf AliBehold! 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
Yusuf AliBehold! 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
Yusuf AliHe 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
Yusuf Ali(God) said: "Go thy way; if any of them follow thee, verily Hell will be the recompense of you (all)- an ample recompense
Yusuf AliLead 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 nothi ng but deceit
Yusuf AliAs for My servants, no authority shalt thou have over them:" Enough is thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs
Yusuf AliYour 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
Yusuf AliWhen 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
Yusuf AliDo 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
Yusuf AliOr 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
Yusuf AliWe 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
Yusuf AliOne 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
Yusuf AliBut those who were blind in this world, will be blind in the hereafter, and most astray from the Path
Yusuf AliAnd 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
Yusuf AliAnd had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst nearly have inclined to them a little
Yusuf AliIn 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
Yusuf AliTheir 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
Yusuf Ali(This was Our) way with the apostles We sent before thee: thou wilt find no change in Our ways
Yusuf AliEstablish 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
Yusuf AliAnd 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
Yusuf AliSay: "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)
Yusuf AliAnd say: "Truth has (now) arrived, and Falsehood perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish
Yusuf AliWe 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
Yusuf AliYet 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
Yusuf AliSay: "Everyone acts according to his own disposition: But your Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on the Way
Yusuf AliThey 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)
Yusuf AliIf 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
Yusuf AliExcept for Mercy from thy Lord: for his bounty is to thee (indeed) great
Yusuf AliSay: "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
Yusuf AliAnd 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
Yusuf AliThey say: "We shall not believe in thee, until thou cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth
Yusuf AliOr (until) thou have a garden of date trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst, carrying abundant water
Yusuf AliOr thou cause the sky to fall in pieces, as thou sayest (will happen), against us; or thou bring God and the angels before (us) face to face
Yusuf AliOr 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 apostl e
Yusuf AliWhat kept men back from belief when Guidance came to them, was nothing but this: they said, "Has God sent a man (like us) to be (His) Apostle
Yusuf AliSay, "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
Yusuf AliSay: "Enough is God for a witness between me and you: for He is well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things)
Yusuf AliIt is he whom God 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
Yusuf AliThat 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
Yusuf AliSee they not that God, 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
Yusuf AliSay: "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
Yusuf AliTo 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
Yusuf AliMoses 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
Yusuf AliSo he resolved to remove them from the face of the earth: but We did drown him and all who were with him
Yusuf AliAnd 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
Yusuf AliWe 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)
Yusuf Ali(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
Yusuf AliSay: "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
Yusuf AliAnd they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our Lord been fulfilled
Yusuf AliThey fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their (earnest) humility
Yusuf AliSay: "Call upon God, 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
Yusuf AliSay: "Praise be to God, 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