Islamic prayer
Surah Isra
Surah Al-Isra from the Qur'an, in Arabic, in English letters and with its meaning.
- 111 verses
- About 15 minutes to recite
- From the Qur'an
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allahi ar‑Rahmani ar‑Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
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سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ
Subhana alladhi asra bi'abdihi laylan mina al‑masjidi al‑harami ila al‑masjidi al‑aqsa alladhi barakna hawlahu linuriyahu min ayatina innahu huwa as‑sami'u al‑basir
Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far distant place of worship the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.
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وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًا
Wa atayna Musa al‑kitaba waja'alnahu hudan libani Isra'ila alla tattakhidhu min duni wakila
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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ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا
Dhurriyyata man hamalna ma'a Nuhin innahu kana 'abdan shakura
(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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وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
Waqadayna ila bani Isra'ila fi al‑kitabi latufsidunna fi al‑ardi marratayni walata'lunna 'uluwwan kabira
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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فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُولًا
Fa'idha ja'a wa'du ulahuma ba'athna 'alaykum 'ibadan lana uli ba'sin shadidin fajasu khilala ad‑diyari wakana wa'dan maf'ula
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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ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَٰكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا
Thumma radadna lakumu al‑karrata 'alayhim wa'amdadnakum bi'amwalin wabanina waja'alnakum akthara nafira
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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إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا
In ahsantum ahsantum li'anfusikum wa'in asa'tum falaha fa'idha ja'a wa'du al‑akhirati liyasu'u wujuhakum waliyadkhulu al‑masjida kama dakhaluhu awwala marratin waliyutabbiru ma 'alaw tatbira
(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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عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا
'Asa rabbukum an yarhamakum wa'in 'udtum 'udna waja'alna jahannama lil‑kafirina hasira
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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إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَهْدِى لِلَّتِى هِىَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا
Inna hadha al‑qur'ana yahdi lillati hiya aqwamu wayubashshiru al‑mu'minina alladhina ya'maluna as‑salihati anna lahum ajran kabira
Lo! this Qur'an 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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وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
Wa'anna alladhina la yu'minuna bi‑al‑akhirati a'tadna lahum 'adhaban alima
And that those who believe not in the Hereafter, for them We have prepared a painful doom.
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وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًا
Wayad'u al‑insanu bi‑ash‑sharri du'a'ahu bi‑al‑khayri wakana al‑insanu 'ajula
Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty.
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وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًا
Waja'alna al‑layla wa‑an‑nahara ayatayni famahawna ayata al‑layli waja'alna ayata an‑nahari mubsiratan litabtaghu fadlan min rabbikum walita'lamu 'adada as‑sinina wa‑al‑hisaba wakulla shay'in fassalnahu tafsila
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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وَكُلَّ إِنسَٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَٰهُ طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ كِتَٰبًا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا
Wakulla insanin alzamnahu ta'irahu fi 'unuqihi wanukhriju lahu yawma al‑qiyamati kitaban yalqahu manshura
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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ٱقْرَأْ كِتَٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا
Iqra' kitabaka kafa binafsika al‑yawma 'alayka hasiba
(And it will be said unto him): Read thy Book. Thy soul sufficeth as reckoner against thee this day.
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مَّنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا
Mani ihtada fa'innama yahtadi linafsihi waman dalla fa'innama yadillu 'alayha wala taziru waziratun wizra ukhra wama kunna mu'adhdhibina hatta nab'atha rasula
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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وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَٰهَا تَدْمِيرًا
Wa'idha aradna an nuhlika qaryatan amarna mutrafiha fafasaqu fiha fahaqqa 'alayha al‑qawlu fadammarnaha tadmira
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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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا
Wakam ahlakna mina al‑quruni min ba'di Nuhin wakafa birabbika bidhunubi 'ibadihi khabiran basira
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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مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا
Man kana yuridu al-'ajilata 'ajjalna lahu fiha ma nasha'u liman nuridu thumma ja'alna lahu jahannama yaslaha madhmuman madhura
Whoso desireth that (life) which hasteneth away, We hasten for him therein what 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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وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا
Wa man arada al-'akhirata wa sa'a laha sa'yaha wa huwa mu'minun fa'ula'ika kana sa'yuhum mashkura
And whoso desireth the Hereafter and striveth for it with the effort necessary, being a believer; for such, their effort findeth favour (with their Lord).
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كُلًّا نُّمِدُّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا
Kullan numiddu ha'ula'i wa ha'ula'i min 'ata'i rabbika wa ma kana 'ata'u rabbika mahzura
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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ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا
Unzur kayfa faddalna ba'dahum 'ala ba'din wa lal-'akhiratu akbaru darajatin wa akbaru tafdila
See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.
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لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولًا
La taj'al ma'a Allahi ilahan akhara fataq'uda madhmuman makhdhula
Set not up with Allah any other god (O man) lest thou sit down reproved, forsaken.
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۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا
Wa qada rabbuka alla ta'budu illa iyyahu wa bil‑walidayni ihsanan imma yablughanna 'indaka al‑kibara ahaduhuma aw kilahuma fala taqul lahuma uffin wa la tanharhuma wa qul lahuma qawlan karima
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 attain old age with thee, say not "Fie" unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word.
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وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًا
Wakhfid lahuma janaha adh‑dhulli mina ar‑rahmati wa qul rabbi irhamhuma kama rabbayani saghira
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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رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًا
Rabbukum a'lamu bima fi nufusikum in takunu salihina fa'innahu kana lil‑awwabina ghafura
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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وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا
Wa ati dha al‑qurba haqqahu wal‑miskina wabna as‑sabili wa la tubadhdhir tabdhira
Give the kinsman his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and squander not (thy wealth) in wantonness.
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إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَٰنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورًا
Inna al‑mubadhdhirina kanu ikhwana ash‑shayatini wa kana ash‑shaytanu lirabbihi kafura
Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord.
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وَإِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ رَحْمَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّيْسُورًا
Wa imma tu'ridanna 'anhumu ibtigha'a rahmatin min rabbika tarjuha faqul lahum qawlan maysura
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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وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا
Wa la taj'al yadaka maghlulatan ila 'unuqika wa la tabsutha kulla al‑basti fataq'uda maluman mahsura
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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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا
Inna rabbaka yabsutu ar‑rizqa liman yasha'u wa yaqdiru innahu kana bi'ibadihi khabiran basira
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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وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَٰقٍ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًٔا كَبِيرًا
Wa la taqtulu awladakum khashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa iyyakum inna qatlahum kana khit'an kabira
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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وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةً وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا
Wa la taqrabu az‑zina innahu kana fahishatan wa sa'a sabila
And come not near unto adultery. Lo! it is an abomination and an evil way.
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وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلْطَٰنًا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّى ٱلْقَتْلِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورًا
Wa la taqtulu an‑nafsa allati harrama Allahu illa bil‑haqqi wa man qutila mazluman faqad ja'alna liwaliyyihi sultanan fala yusrif fi al‑qatli innahu kana mansura
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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وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعَهْدِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔولًا
Wa la taqrabu mala al‑yatimi illa billati hiya ahsanu hatta yablugha ashuddahu wa awfu bil-'ahdi inna al-'ahda kana mas'ula
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.
- 35
وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا
Wa awfu al‑kayla idha kiltum wa zinu bil‑qistasi al‑mustaqimi dhalika khayrun wa ahsanu ta'wila
Fill the measure when ye measure, and weigh with a right balance; that is meet, and better in the end.
- 36
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًا
Wa la taqfu ma laysa laka bihi 'ilmun inna as‑sam'a wal‑basara wal‑fu'ada kullu ula'ika kana 'anhu mas'ula
(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.
- 37
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًا
Wa la tamshi fi al‑ardi marahan innaka lan takhruqa al‑arda wa lan tablugha al‑jibala tula
And walk not in the earth exultant. Lo! thou canst not rend the earth, nor canst thou stretch to the height of the hills.
- 38
كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوهًا
Kullu dhalika kana sayyi'uhu 'inda rabbika makruha
The evil of all that is hateful in the sight of thy Lord.
- 39
ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ ۗ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًا مَّدْحُورًا
Dhalika mimma awha ilayka rabbuka mina al‑hikmati wa la taj'al ma'a Allahi ilahan akhara fatulqa fi jahannama maluman madhura
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.
- 40
أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا
Afa'asfakum rabbukum bil‑banina wattakhadha mina al‑mala'ikati inathan innakum lataquluna qawlan 'azima
Hath your Lord then distinguished you (O men of Makka) by giving you sons, and hath chosen for Himself females from among the angels? Lo! verily ye speak an awful word!
- 41
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا
Wa laqad sarrafna fi hadha al‑Qur'ani liyadhdhakkaru wa ma yaziduhum illa nufura
We verily have displayed (Our warnings) in this Qur'an that they may take heed, but it increaseth them in naught save aversion.
- 42
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًا لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًا
Qul law kana ma'ahu alihatun kama yaquluna idhan labtaghaw ila dhi al-'arshi sabila
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.
- 43
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
Subhanahu wa ta'ala 'amma yaquluna 'uluwwan kabira
Glorified is He, and High Exalted above what they say!
- 44
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا
Tusabbihu lahu as‑samawatu as‑sab'u wal‑ardu wa man fihinna wa in min shay'in illa yusabbihu bihamdihi wa lakin la tafqahuna tasbihahum innahu kana haliman ghafura
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.
- 45
وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا
Wa idha qara'ta al‑Qur'ana ja'alna baynaka wa bayna alladhina la yu'minuna bil‑akhirati hijaban mastura
And when thou recitest the Qur'an we place between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a hidden barrier;
- 46
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا
Wa ja'alna 'ala qulubihim akinnatan an yafqahuhu wa fi adhanihim waqran wa idha dhakarta rabbaka fi al‑Qur'ani wahdahu wallaw 'ala adbarihim nufura
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 Qur'an, they turn their backs in aversion.
- 47
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا
Nahnu a'lamu bima yastami'una bihi idh yastami'una ilayka wa idh hum najwa idh yaqulu az‑zalimuna in tattabi'una illa rajulan mashura
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.
- 48
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا
Unzur kayfa darabu laka al‑amthala fadallu fala yastati'una sabila
See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and cannot find a road!
- 49
وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
Wa qalu a'idha kunna 'izaman wa rufatan a'inna lamab'uthuna khalqan jadida
And they say: When we are bones and fragments, shall we forsooth, be raised up as a new creation?
- 50
۞ قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا
Qul kunu hijaratan aw hadida
Say: Be ye stones or iron
- 51
أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا
Aw khalqan mimma yakburu fi sudurikum fasayaquluna man yu'iduna quli alladhi fatarakum awwala marratin fasayunghiduna ilayka ru'usahum wa yaquluna mata huwa qul 'asa an yakuna qariba
Or some created thing that is yet greater in your thoughts! Then they will say: Who shall bring us back (to life). Say: He Who created you at the first. Then will they shake their heads at thee, and say: When will it be? Say: It will perhaps be soon;
- 52
يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Yawma yad'ukum fatastajibuna bihamdihi wa tazunnuna in labithtum illa qalila
A day when He will call you and ye will answer with His praise, and ye will think that ye have tarried but a little while.
- 53
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِينًا
Wa qul li'ibadi yaqulu allati hiya ahsanu inna ash‑shaytana yanzaghu baynahum inna ash‑shaytana kana lil‑insani 'aduwwan mubina
Tell My bondmen to speak that which is kindlier. Lo! the devil soweth discord among them. Lo! the devil is for man an open foe.
- 54
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ۖ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا
Rabbukum a'lamu bikum in yasha' yarhamkum aw in yasha' yu'adhdhibkum wa ma arsalnaka 'alayhim wakila
Your Lord is Best Aware of you. If He will, He will have mercy on you, or if He will, He will punish you. We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) as a warden over them.
- 55
وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًا
Wa rabbuka a'lamu biman fi as‑samawati wal‑ardi wa laqad faddalna ba'da an‑nabiyyina 'ala ba'din wa atayna Dawuda zabura
And thy Lord is Best Aware of all who are in the heavens and the earth. And we preferred some of the prophets above others, and unto David We gave the Psalms.
- 56
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا
Quli d'u alladhina za'amtum min dunihi fala yamlikuna kashfa ad‑durri 'ankum wa la tahwila
Say: Cry unto those (saints and angels) whom ye assume (to be gods) beside Him, yet they have no power to rid you of misfortune nor to change.
- 57
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا
Ula'ika alladhina yad'una yabtaghuna ila rabbihimu al‑wasilata ayyuhum aqrabu wa yarjuna rahmatahu wa yakhafuna 'adhabahu inna 'adhaba rabbika kana mahdhura
Those unto whom they cry seek the way of approach to their Lord, which of them shall be the nearest; they hope for His mercy and they fear His doom. Lo! the doom of thy Lord is to be shunned.
- 58
وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًا
Wa in min qaryatin illa nahnu muhlikuha qabla yawmi al‑qiyamati aw mu'adhdhibuha 'adhaban shadidan kana dhalika fi al‑kitabi mastura
There is not a township but We shall destroy it ere the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with dire punishment. That is set forth in the Book (of Our decrees).
- 59
وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا
Wa ma mana'ana an nursila bi‑al‑ayati illa an kadhdhaba biha al‑awwaluna wa atayna thamuda an‑naqata mubsiratan fazalamu biha wa ma nursilu bi‑al‑ayati illa takhwifa
Naught hindereth Us from sending portents save that the folk of old denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel - a clear portent save to warn.
- 60
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَٰنًا كَبِيرًا
Wa idh qulna laka inna Rabbaka ahata bi‑an‑nasi wa ma ja'alna ar‑ru'ya allati araynaka illa fitnatan li‑an‑nasi wa ash‑shajarata al‑mal'unata fi al‑Qur'ani wa nukhawwifuhum fama yaziduhum illa tughyanan kabira
And (it was a warning) when we told thee: Lo! thy Lord encompasseth mankind, and We appointed the sight which We showed thee as an ordeal for mankind, and (likewise) the Accursed Tree in the Qur'an. We warn them, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety.
- 61
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا
Wa idh qulna li‑al‑mala'ikati usjudu li‑Adama fasajadu illa iblisa qala a'asjudu liman khalaqta tina
And when We said unto the angels: Fall down prostrate before Adam and they fell prostrate all save Iblis, he said: Shall I fall prostrate before that which Thou hast created of clay?
- 62
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Qala ara'aytaka hadha alladhi karramta 'alayya la'in akhkhartani ila yawmi al‑qiyamati la'ahtanikanna dhurriyyatahu illa qalila
He said: Seest Thou this (creature) whom Thou hast honoured above me, if Thou give me grace until the Day of Resurrection I verily will seize his seed, save but a few.
- 63
قَالَ ٱذْهَبْ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءً مَّوْفُورًا
Qala idhhab faman tabi'aka minhum fa'inna jahannama jaza'ukum jaza'an mawfura
He said: Go, and whosoever of them followeth thee - lo! hell will be your payment, ample payment.
- 64
وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ وَعِدْهُمْ ۚ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Wastafziz mani istata'ta minhum bisawtika wa ajlib 'alayhim bikhaylika wa rajilika wa sharik‑hum fi al‑amwali wa al‑awladi wa 'idhum wa ma ya'iduhumu ash‑shaytanu illa ghurura
And excite any of them whom thou canst with thy voice, and urge thy horse and foot against them, and be a partner in their wealth and children, and promise them. Satan promiseth them only to deceive.
- 65
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًا
Inna 'ibadi laysa laka 'alayhim sultanun wa kafa bi‑Rabbika wakila
Lo! My (faithful) bondmen - over them thou hast no power, and thy Lord sufficeth as (their) guardian.
- 66
رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا
Rabbukumu alladhi yuzji lakumu al‑fulka fi al‑bahri litabtaghu min fadlihi innahu kana bikum rahima
(O mankind), your Lord is He Who driveth for you the ship upon the sea that ye may seek of His bounty. Lo! He was ever Merciful toward you.
- 67
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ كَفُورًا
Wa idha massakumu ad‑durru fi al‑bahri dalla man tad'una illa iyyahu falamma najjakum ila al‑barri a'radtum wa kana al‑insanu kafura
And when harm toucheth you upon the sea, all unto whom ye cry (for succour) fail save Him (alone), but when He bringeth you safe to land, ye turn away, for man was ever thankless.
- 68
أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا
Afa'amintum an yakhsifa bikum janiba al‑barri aw yursila 'alaykum hasiban thumma la tajidu lakum wakila
Feel ye then secure that He will not cause a slope of the land to engulf you, or send a sand-storm upon you, and then ye will find that ye have no protector?
- 69
أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ۙ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًا
Am amintum an yu'idakum fihi taratan ukhra fayursila 'alaykum qasifan mina ar‑rihi fayughriqakum bima kafartum thumma la tajidu lakum 'alayna bihi tabi'a
Or feel ye secure that He will not return you to that (plight) a second time, and send against you a hurricane of wind and drown you for your thanklessness, and then ye will not find therein that ye have any avenger against Us?
- 70
۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا
Wa laqad karramna bani Adama wa hamalnahum fi al‑barri wa al‑bahri wa razaqnahum mina at‑tayyibati wa faddalnahum 'ala kathirin mimman khalaqna tafdila
Verily we have honoured the Children of Adam. We carry them on the land and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and have preferred them above many of those whom We created with a marked preferment.
- 71
يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
Yawma nad'u kulla unasin bi'imamihim faman utiya kitabahu biyaminihi fa'ula'ika yaqra'una kitabahum wa la yuzlamuna fatila
On the day when We shall summon all men with their record, whoso is given his book in his right hand - such will read their book and they will not be wronged a shred.
- 72
وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Wa man kana fi hadhihi a'ma fahuwa fi al‑akhirati a'ma wa adallu sabila
Whoso is blind here will be blind in the Hereafter, and yet further from the road.
- 73
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥ ۖ وَإِذًا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا
Wa in kadu layaftinunaka 'ani alladhi awhayna ilayka litaftariya 'alayna ghayrahu wa idhan la‑ittakhadhuka khalila
And they indeed strove hard to beguile thee (Muhammad) away from that wherewith We have inspired thee, that thou shouldst invent other than it against Us; and then would they have accepted thee as a friend.
- 74
وَلَوْلَآ أَن ثَبَّتْنَٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـًٔا قَلِيلًا
Wa lawla an thabbatnaka laqad kidta tarkanu ilayhim shay'an qalila
And if We had not made thee wholly firm thou mightest almost have inclined unto them a little.
- 75
إِذًا لَّأَذَقْنَٰكَ ضِعْفَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعْفَ ٱلْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا
Idhan la'adhaqnaka di'fa al‑hayati wa di'fa al‑mamati thumma la tajidu laka 'alayna nasira
Then had we made thee taste a double (punishment) of living and a double (punishment) of dying, then hadst thou found no helper against Us.
- 76
وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Wa in kadu layastafizzunaka mina al‑ardi liyukhrijuka minha wa idhan la yalbathuna khilafaka illa qalila
And they indeed wished to scare thee from the land that they might drive thee forth from thence, and then they would have stayed (there) but a little after thee.
- 77
سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا
Sunnata man qad arsalna qablaka min rusulina wa la tajidu lisunnatina tahwila
(Such was Our) method in the case of those whom We sent before thee (to mankind), and thou wilt not find for Our method aught of power to change.
- 78
أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا
Aqimi as‑salata liduluki ash‑shamsi ila ghasaqi al‑layli wa qur'ana al‑fajri inna qur'ana al‑fajri kana mashhuda
Establish worship at the going down of the sun until the dark of night, and (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn. Lo! (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn is ever witnessed.
- 79
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا
Wa mina al‑layli fatahajjad bihi nafilatan laka 'asa an yab'athaka Rabbuka maqaman mahmuda
And some part of the night awake for it, a largess for thee. It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised estate.
- 80
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَٰنًا نَّصِيرًا
Wa qul Rabbi adkhilni mudkhala sidqin wa akhrijni mukhraja sidqin waj'al li min ladunka sultanan nasira
And say: My Lord! Cause me to come in with a firm incoming and to go out with a firm outgoing. And give me from Thy presence a sustaining Power.
- 81
وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا
Wa qul ja'a al‑haqqu wa zahaqa al‑batilu inna al‑batila kana zahuqa
And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.
- 82
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Wa nunazzilu mina al‑qur'ani ma huwa shifa'un wa rahmatun lilmu'minina wa la yazidu az‑zalimina illa khasara
And We reveal of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for believers though it increase the evil-doers in naught save ruin.
- 83
وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا
Wa idha an'amna 'ala al‑insani a'rada wa na'a bijanibihi wa idha massahu ash‑sharru kana ya'usa
And when We make life pleasant unto man, he turneth away and is averse; and when ill toucheth him he is in despair.
- 84
قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِۦ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلًا
Qul kullun ya'malu 'ala shakilatihi fa Rabbukum a'lamu biman huwa ahda sabila
Say: Each one doth according to his rule of conduct, and thy Lord is Best Aware of him whose way is right.
- 85
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Wa yas'alunaka 'ani ar‑ruhi quli ar‑ruhu min amri Rabbi wa ma utitum mina al-'ilmi illa qalila
They are asking thee concerning the Spirit. Say: The Spirit is by command of my Lord, and of knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but little.
- 86
وَلَئِن شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِۦ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيلًا
Wa la'in shi'na lanadhhabanna billadhi awhayna ilayka thumma la tajidu laka bihi 'alayna wakila
And if We willed We could withdraw that which We have revealed unto thee, then wouldst thou find no guardian for thee against Us in respect thereof.
- 87
إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًا
Illa rahmatan min Rabbika inna fadlahu kana 'alayka kabira
(It is naught) save mercy from thy Lord. Lo! His kindness unto thee was ever great.
- 88
قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا
Qul la'ini ijtama'ati al‑insu wa al‑jinnu 'ala an ya'tu bimithli hadha al‑qur'ani la ya'tuna bimithlihi wa law kana ba'duhum liba'din zahira
Say: Verily, though mankind and the jinn should assemble to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof though they were helpers one of another.
- 89
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا
Wa laqad sarrafna lin‑nasi fi hadha al‑qur'ani min kulli mathalin fa aba aktharu an‑nasi illa kufura
And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all kind of similitudes, but most of mankind refuse aught save disbelief.
- 90
وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا
Wa qalu lan nu'mina laka hatta tafjura lana mina al‑ardi yanbu'a
And they say: We will not put faith in thee till thou cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us;
- 91
أَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ خِلَٰلَهَا تَفْجِيرًا
Aw takuna laka jannatun min nakhilin wa 'inabin fatufajjira al‑anhara khilalaha tafjira
Or thou have a garden of date-palms and grapes, and cause rivers to gush forth therein abundantly;
- 92
أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلًا
Aw tusqita as‑sama'a kama za'amta 'alayna kisafan aw ta'tiya billahi wa al‑mala'ikati qabila
Or thou cause the heaven to fall upon us piecemeal, as thou hast pretended, or bring Allah and the angels as a warrant;
- 93
أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا
Aw yakuna laka baytun min zukhrufin aw tarqa fi as‑sama'i wa lan nu'mina liruqiyyika hatta tunazzila 'alayna kitaban naqra'uhu qul subhana Rabbi hal kuntu illa basharan rasula
Or thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend up into heaven, and even then we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring down for us a book that we can read. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord be Glorified! Am I aught save a mortal messenger?
- 94
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا
Wa ma mana'a an‑nasa an yu'minu idh ja'ahumu al‑huda illa an qalu aba'atha Allahu basharan rasula
And naught prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came unto them save that they said: Hath Allah sent a mortal as (His) messenger?
- 95
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا
Qul law kana fi al‑ardi mala'ikatun yamshuna mutma'innina lanazzalna 'alayhim mina as‑sama'i malakan rasula
Say: If there were in the earth angels walking secure, We had sent down for them from heaven an angel as messenger.
- 96
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا
Qul kafa billahi shahidan bayni wa baynakum innahu kana bi'ibadihi khabiran basira
Say: Allah sufficeth for a witness between me and you. Lo! He is Knower, Seer of His slaves.
- 97
وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا ۖ مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَٰهُمْ سَعِيرًا
Wa man yahdi Allahu fahuwa al‑muhtadi wa man yudlil falan tajida lahum awliya'a min dunihi wa nahshuruhum yawma al‑qiyamati 'ala wujuhihim 'umyan wa bukman wa summan ma'wahum jahannamu kullama khabat zidnahum sa'ira
And he whom Allah guideth, he is led aright; while, as for him whom He sendeth astray, for them thou wilt find no protecting friends beside Him, and We shall assemble them on the Day of Resurrection on their faces, blind, dumb and deaf; their habitation will be hell; whenever it abateth, We increase the flame for them.
- 98
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا
Dhalika jaza'uhum bi'annahum kafaru bi'ayatina wa qalu a'idha kunna 'izaman wa rufatan a'inna lamab'uthuna khalqan jadida
That is their reward because they disbelieved Our revelations and said: When we are bones and fragments shall we, forsooth, be raised up as a new creation?
- 99
۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا
Awalam yaraw anna Allaha alladhi khalaqa as‑samawati wa al‑arda qadirun 'ala an yakhluqa mithlahum wa ja'ala lahum ajalan la rayba fihi fa'aba az‑zalimuna illa kufura
Have they not seen that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth is Able to create the like of them, and hath appointed for them an end whereof there is no doubt? But the wrong-doers refuse aught save disbelief.
- 100
قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ قَتُورًا
Qul law antum tamlikuna khaza'ina rahmati rabbi idhan la'amsaktum khashyata al‑infaqi wa kana al‑insanu qatura
Say (unto them): If ye possessed the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, ye would surely hold them back for fear of spending, for man was ever grudging.
- 101
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍ ۖ فَسْـَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًا
Wa laqad atayna Musa tis'a ayatin bayyinatin fas'al bani Isra'ila idh ja'ahum faqala lahu fir'awnu inni la'azunnuka ya Musa mas‑hura
And verily We gave unto Moses nine tokens, clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). Do but ask the Children of Israel how he came unto them, then Pharaoh said unto him: Lo! I deem thee one bewitched, O Moses.
- 102
قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا
Qala laqad 'alimta ma anzala ha'ula'i illa rabbu as‑samawati wa al‑ardi basa'ira wa inni la'azunnuka ya fir'awnu mathbura
He said: In truth thou knowest that none sent down these (portents) save the Lord of the heavens and the earth as proofs, and lo! (for my part) I deem thee lost, O Pharaoh.
- 103
فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًا
Fa'arada an yastafizzahum mina al‑ardi fa'aghraqnahu wa man ma'ahu jami'a
And he wished to scare them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him, all together.
- 104
وَقُلْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ لِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًا
Wa qulna min ba'dihi libani Isra'ila us kunu al‑arda fa'idha ja'a wa'du al‑akhirati ji'na bikum lafifa
And We said unto the Children of Israel after him: Dwell in the land; but when the promise of the Hereafter cometh to pass We shall bring you as a crowd gathered out of various nations.
- 105
وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَ ۗ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا
Wa bi‑al‑haqqi anzalnahu wa bi‑al‑haqqi nazala wa ma arsalnaka illa mubashshiran wa nadhira
With truth have We sent it down, and with truth hath it descended. And We have sent thee as naught else save a bearer of good tidings and a warner.
- 106
وَقُرْءَانًا فَرَقْنَٰهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَٰهُ تَنزِيلًا
Wa qur'anan faraqnahu litaqra'ahu 'ala an‑nasi 'ala mukthin wa nazzalnahu tanzila
And (it is) a Qur'an that We have divided, that thou mayst recite it unto mankind at intervals, and We have revealed it by (successive) revelation.
- 107
قُلْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا
Qul aminu bihi aw la tu'minu inna alladhina utu al-'ilma min qablihi idha yutla 'alayhim yakhirruna lil‑adhqani sujjada
Say: Believe therein or believe not, lo! those who were given knowledge before it, when it is read unto them, fall down prostrate on their faces, adoring,
- 108
وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا
Wa yaquluna subhana rabbina in kana wa'du rabbina lamaf'ula
Saying: Glory to our Lord! Verily the promise of our Lord must be fulfilled.
- 109
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا ۩
Wa yakhirruna lil‑adhqani yabkuna wa yaziduhum khushu'a
They fall down on their faces, weeping, and it increaseth humility in them.
- 110
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ ۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا
Quli ud'u Allaha awi ud'u ar‑Rahmana ayyan ma tad'u falahu al‑asma'u al‑husna wa la tajhar bisalatika wa la tukhafit biha wa ibtaghi bayna dhalika sabila
Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto whichsoever ye cry (it is the same). His are the most beautiful names. And thou (Muhammad), be not loud-voiced in thy worship nor yet silent therein, but follow a way between.
- 111
وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ مِّنَ ٱلذُّلِّ ۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًۢا
Wa quli al‑hamdu lillahi alladhi lam yattakhidh waladan wa lam yakun lahu sharikun fi al‑mulki wa lam yakun lahu waliyyun mina adh‑dhulli wa kabbirhu takbira
And say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath not taken unto Himself a son, and Who hath no partner in the Sovereignty, nor hath He any protecting friend through dependence. And magnify Him with all magnificence.
Text: The Qur'an, Arabic text in the Uthmani script (reading of Hafs from Asim). Meaning: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, translated by Marmaduke Pickthall, 1930. Copied word for word from the edition named here
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When it is recited
Many Sunni Muslims recite Surah Al-Isra during personal Qur'an reading and reflection, at any time of day. Some recite it before sleep, following reports of the Prophet Muhammad's practice. Its teachings invite reflection on worship, kindness to parents and responsibility for one's actions.
Where it comes from
Surah Al-Isra is from the Qur'an and is generally classified as a Meccan surah. Its opening refers to the Night Journey of the Prophet Muhammad from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque. It is also known as Surah Bani Isra'il, referring to the Children of Israel.

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Questions about Surah Isra
What does Al-Isra mean?
Al-Isra means “the Night Journey.” The name refers to the journey mentioned at the surah's opening.
How many verses does Surah Al-Isra contain?
Surah Al-Isra contains 111 verses.
How long does it take to recite?
It takes about 15 minutes to recite, though the pace varies from person to person.
What are its main teachings?
The surah emphasizes worshipping Allah alone, kindness to parents, care for others and moral responsibility. It also speaks about revelation, resurrection and the Qur'an's guidance.
Which language is Surah Al-Isra in?
The Qur'anic text is in Arabic. The English letters help readers follow its pronunciation, while the meaning conveys its message in English.


















