Sura 17: Banî Israel (The Children of Israel) - Quran Inspector

In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) God,ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmāniMost Gracious,ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmiMost Merciful.

[17:1] Most glorified is the One who summoned His servant (Muhammad) during the night, from the Sacred Masjid (of Mecca) to the farthest place of prostration,* whose surroundings we have blessed, in order to show him some of our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer.

سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlorified (is)ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One whoأَسْرَىٰasrāHe summoned [at night]بِعَبْدِهِۦbiʿabdihiover His servantلَيْلًاlaylan(by) nightمِّنَminafromٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidithe Masjidٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmithe Sacredإِلَىilātoٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidithe place of prostrationٱلْأَقْصَاl-aqṣāthe farthestٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one whichبَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāwe blessedحَوْلَهُۥḥawlahuaround it,لِنُرِيَهُۥlinuriyahuthat we may show himمِنْminofءَايَـٰتِنَآāyātināour signs.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed [He],هُوَhuwaHe (is)ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe Hearer,ٱلْبَصِيرُl-baṣīruthe Seer. ﴿١﴾

*17:1 "The Aqsa Masjid" means "the farthest place where there is prostration," many billions of Light Years away. This verse informs us that Muhammad, the soul, was taken to the highest Heaven to be given the Quran (2:185, 44:3, 53:1-18, & 97:1).

[17:2] Similarly, we gave Moses the scripture, and rendered it a beacon for the Children of Israel that: "You shall not set up any idol as a Lord and Master beside Me."

وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd we gaveمُوسَىmūsāMosesٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe scripture,وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُwajaʿalnāhuand we made itهُدًىhudana guidanceلِّبَنِىٓlibanīfor (the) Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael,أَلَّاallā"Do notتَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūyou [all] takeمِنminfromدُونِىdūnīother than Me / beside Meوَكِيلًاwakīlan(as) a Disposer of affairs / Lord and Master." ﴿٢﴾

[17:3] They are descendants of those whom we carried with Noah; he was an appreciative servant.

ذُرِّيَّةَdhurriyyataDescendantsمَنْman(of) whomحَمَلْنَاḥamalnāwe carriedمَعَmaʿawithنُوحٍnūninNoah.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heكَانَkāna[he] wasعَبْدًاʿabdana servantشَكُورًاshakūranappreciative. ﴿٣﴾

[17:4] We addressed the Children of Israel in the scripture: "You will commit gross evil on earth, twice. You are destined to fall into great heights of arrogance.

وَقَضَيْنَآwaqaḍaynāAnd we decreedإِلَىٰilāforبَنِىٓbanī(the) Childrenإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israelفِىfīinٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe scripture,لَتُفْسِدُنَّlatuf'sidunna"Surely you [all] will cause corruptionفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمَرَّتَيْنِmarrataynitwice,وَلَتَعْلُنَّwalataʿlunnaand surely you [all] will become overbearing,عُلُوًّاʿuluwwanarroganceكَبِيرًاkabīrangreat. ﴿٤﴾

[17:5] "When the first time comes to pass, we will send against you servants of ours who possess great might, and they will invade your homes. This is a prophecy that must come to pass.

فَإِذَاfa-idhā"So whenجَآءَjāa[it] cameوَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promiseأُولَىٰهُمَاūlāhumā(for the) first of the two,بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāwe raisedعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you [all]عِبَادًاʿibādanservantsلَّنَآlanāof oursأُو۟لِىulīpossessors ofبَأْسٍbasinmilitary mightشَدِيدٍshadīdingreatفَجَاسُوا۟fajāsūand they invadedخِلَـٰلَkhilāla(the) innermost part (of)ٱلدِّيَارِl-diyārithe homes,وَكَانَwakānaand [it] wasوَعْدًاwaʿdana promiseمَّفْعُولًاmafʿūlandone / fulfilled. ﴿٥﴾

[17:6] "Afterwards, we will give you a turn over them, and will supply you with a lot of wealth and children; we will give you the upper hand.

ثُمَّthumma"Thenرَدَدْنَاradadnāwe gave back / returned / restoredلَكُمُlakumuto you [all]ٱلْكَرَّةَl-karatathe return victoryعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them.وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰكُمwa-amdadnākumAnd we reinforced you [all]بِأَمْوَٰلٍbi-amwālinwith wealthوَبَنِينَwabanīnaand childrenوَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْwajaʿalnākumand we made you [all]أَكْثَرَaktharamoreنَفِيرًاnafīran(in) company. ﴿٦﴾

[17:7] "If you work righteousness, you work righteousness for your own good, but if you commit evil you do so to your own detriment. Thus, when the second time comes to pass, they will defeat you and enter the mosque (masjid), just as they did the first time. They will wipe out all the gains you had accomplished."

إِنْin"Ifأَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou [all] did good,أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou [all] did goodلِأَنفُسِكُمْli-anfusikumfor yourselves;وَإِنْwa-inand ifأَسَأْتُمْasatumyou [all] did evil,فَلَهَاfalahāthen (it is) for it.فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo whenجَآءَjāa[it] cameوَعْدُwaʿdupromiseٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe last,لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟liyasūūthat they may disgraceوُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour facesوَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟waliyadkhulūand that they may enterٱلْمَسْجِدَl-masjidathe masjid / mosqueكَمَاkamājust as / likeدَخَلُوهُdakhalūhuthey entered itأَوَّلَawwala(the) firstمَرَّةٍmarratintime,وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟waliyutabbirūand that they may destroy مَاmāwhatعَلَوْا۟ʿalawthey conqueredتَتْبِيرًاtatbīran(with) destruction." ﴿٧﴾

[17:8] Your Lord showers you with His mercy. But if you revert to transgression, we will counter with retribution. We have designated Gehenna as a final abode for the disbelievers.

عَسَىٰʿasāIt may be / Perhapsرَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour LordأَنanthatيَرْحَمَكُمْyarḥamakumHe has mercy upon you [all].وَإِنْwa-inBut ifعُدتُّمْʿudttumyou [all] returned,عُدْنَاʿud'nāwe returned.وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd we madeجَهَنَّمَjahannamaGehenna,لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers,حَصِيرًاḥaṣīrana restrainment / prison. ﴿٨﴾

[17:9] This Quran guides to the best path, and brings good news to the believers who lead a righteous life, that they have deserved a great recompense.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,هَـٰذَاhādhāthis,ٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran,يَهْدِىyahdīit guidesلِلَّتِىlillatīto whichهِىَhiyait (is)أَقْوَمُaqwamumost straightوَيُبَشِّرُwayubashiruand it gives good newsٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believersٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna[they] doٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātithe righteous deeds,أَنَّannathatلَهُمْlahumfor them (is)أَجْرًاajrana rewardكَبِيرًاkabīrangreat, ﴿٩﴾

[17:10] As for those who disbelieve in the Hereafter, we have prepared for them a painful retribution.

وَأَنَّwa-annaAnd thatٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafter,أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāwe preparedلَهُمْlahumfor themعَذَابًاʿadhābana retributionأَلِيمًاalīmanpainful. ﴿١٠﴾

[17:11] The human being often prays for something that may hurt him, thinking that he is praying for something good. The human being is impatient.

وَيَدْعُwayadʿuAnd [he] praysٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe human beingبِٱلشَّرِّbil-sharifor [the] evil / bad,دُعَآءَهُۥduʿāahu(as) his prayersبِٱلْخَيْرِbil-khayrifor the good thing.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [he] isٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe human beingعَجُولًاʿajūlanhasty / impatient. ﴿١١﴾

[17:12] We rendered the night and the day two signs. We made the night dark, and the day lighted, that you may seek provisions from your Lord therein. This also establishes for you a timing system, and the means of calculation. We thus explain everything in detail.

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd we madeٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe nightوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the dayءَايَتَيْنِāyataynitwo signs.فَمَحَوْنَآfamaḥawnāThen we blotted outءَايَةَāyata(the) sign (of)ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night,وَجَعَلْنَآwajaʿalnāand we madeءَايَةَāyata(the) sign (of)ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahārithe dayمُبْصِرَةًmub'ṣiratanvisible / lighted,لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you [all] may seekفَضْلًاfaḍlanbounty / provisionsمِّنminfromرَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord,وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟walitaʿlamūand that you [all] may knowعَدَدَʿadada(the) number (of)ٱلسِّنِينَl-sinīnathe years,وَٱلْحِسَابَwal-ḥisābaand the reckoning / calculation / account.وَكُلَّwakullaAnd everyشَىْءٍshayinthingفَصَّلْنَـٰهُfaṣṣalnāhuwe explained it,تَفْصِيلًاtafṣīlana detailed explanation. ﴿١٢﴾

[17:13] We have recorded the fate of every human being; it is tied to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection we will hand him a record that is accessible.

وَكُلَّwakullaAnd (for) everyإِنسَـٰنٍinsāninman / human beingأَلْزَمْنَـٰهُalzamnāhuwe fastened to himطَـٰٓئِرَهُۥṭāirahuhis deed / action / fateفِىfīonعُنُقِهِۦʿunuqihihis neck,وَنُخْرِجُwanukh'rijuand we bring forthلَهُۥlahufor himيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionكِتَـٰبًاkitābana recordيَلْقَىٰهُyalqāhu(which) he will find itمَنشُورًاmanshūranwide open (accessible). ﴿١٣﴾

*17:13 Your life is already recorded, as if on a video tape, from birth to death. This same record will be made accessible to us upon resurrection. See 57:22 & Appendix 14.

[17:14] Read your own record. Today, you suffice as your own reckoner.

ٱقْرَأْiq'ra"Readكِتَـٰبَكَkitābakayour record.كَفَىٰkafāSufficient (is)بِنَفْسِكَbinafsika[in] yourselfٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday,عَلَيْكَʿalaykaagainst youحَسِيبًاḥasīban(as) reckoner." ﴿١٤﴾

[17:15] Whoever is guided, is guided for his own good, and whoever goes astray does so to his own detriment. No sinner will bear the sins of anyone else. We never punish without first sending a messenger.

مَّنِmaniWhoeverٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadāhe received guidanceفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyيَهْتَدِىyahtadīhe is guidedلِنَفْسِهِۦlinafsihifor his soul.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverضَلَّḍalla[he] strayedفَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen onlyيَضِلُّyaḍilluhe straysعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāagainst it.وَلَاwalāAnd notتَزِرُtaziru[it] will bearوَازِرَةٌwāziratunone loaded with burden,وِزْرَwiz'ra(the) burden (of)أُخْرَىٰukh'rāanother.وَمَاwamāAnd notكُنَّاkunnāwe wereمُعَذِّبِينَmuʿadhibīnathose who punishحَتَّىٰḥattāuntil,نَبْعَثَnabʿathawe sentرَسُولًاrasūlana messenger. ﴿١٥﴾

[17:16] If we are to annihilate any community, we let the leaders commit vast corruption therein. Once they deserve retribution, we annihilate it completely.

وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd whenأَرَدْنَآaradnāwe intendedأَنanthatنُّهْلِكَnuh'likawe destroy / annihilateقَرْيَةًqaryatana town / community,أَمَرْنَاamarnāwe ordered / allowedمُتْرَفِيهَاmut'rafīhāits wealthy people / leadersفَفَسَقُوا۟fafasaqūso they turned defiant / wickedفِيهَاfīhātherein;فَحَقَّfaḥaqqaso [it] proved trueعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāagainst itٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word,فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَاfadammarnāhāand we annihilated itتَدْمِيرًاtadmīran(with) utter destruction. ﴿١٦﴾

[17:17] Many a generation have we annihilated after Noah. Your Lord is most efficient in dealing with the sins of His servants; He is fully Cognizant, Seer.

وَكَمْwakamAnd how manyأَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāwe destroyed / annihilatedمِنَminafromٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generationsمِنۢminfromبَعْدِbaʿdiafterنُوحٍnūḥinNoahوَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient / most efficient (is)بِرَبِّكَbirabbika[in] your Lordبِذُنُوبِbidhunūbiregarding (the) sins (of)عِبَادِهِۦʿibādihiHis servants,خَبِيرًۢاkhabīranCognizant.بَصِيرًاbaṣīranSeer. ﴿١٧﴾

[17:18] Anyone who chooses this fleeting life as his priority, we will rush to him what we decide to give him, then we commit him to Gehenna, where he suffers forever, despised and defeated.

مَّنmanWhoeverكَانَkānahe wouldيُرِيدُyurīdu[he] desires / choosesٱلْعَاجِلَةَl-ʿājilatathe immediate,عَجَّلْنَاʿajjalnāwe rushedلَهُۥlahufor himفِيهَاfīhāin itمَاmāwhatنَشَآءُnashāuwe willلِمَنlimanto whomنُّرِيدُnurīduwe intend / choose.ثُمَّthummaThenجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeلَهُۥlahufor himجَهَنَّمَjahannamaGehenna,يَصْلَىٰهَاyaṣlāhāhe burns thereinمَذْمُومًاmadhmūmandespisedمَّدْحُورًاmadḥūrandefeated. ﴿١٨﴾

[17:19] As for those who choose the Hereafter as their priority, and work righteousness, while believing, their efforts will be appreciated.

وَمَنْwamanAnd whoeverأَرَادَarāda[he] desired / choseٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَl-ākhiratathe Hereafterوَسَعَىٰwasaʿāand [he] exerted / stroveلَهَاlahāfor itسَعْيَهَاsaʿyahātheir effort,وَهُوَwahuwawhile he (is)مُؤْمِنٌmu'minuna believer,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseكَانَkāna[it] wereسَعْيُهُمsaʿyuhumtheir effortمَّشْكُورًاmashkūranappreciated. ﴿١٩﴾

[17:20] For each one of them we provide; we provide those and these from your Lord's bounties. Your Lord's bounties are inexhaustible.

كُلًّاkullan(For) eachنُّمِدُّnumidduwe provideهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(to) theseوَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِwahāulāiand (to) these,مِنْminfromعَطَآءِʿaṭāi(the) gift (of)رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord.وَمَاwamāAnd notكَانَkānawasعَطَآءُʿaṭāu(the) gift (of)رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lordمَحْظُورًاmaḥẓūranenclosed / limited. ﴿٢٠﴾

[17:21] Note how we preferred some people above others (in this life). The differences in the Hereafter are far greater and far more significant.

ٱنظُرْunẓurSeeكَيْفَkayfahowفَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāwe preferredبَعْضَهُمْbaʿḍahumsome of themعَلَىٰʿalāoverبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others.وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُwalalākhiratuAnd surely the Hereafter (is)أَكْبَرُakbarugreater (in)دَرَجَـٰتٍdarajātinranksوَأَكْبَرُwa-akbaruand greater (in)تَفْضِيلًاtafḍīlanpreference. ﴿٢١﴾

[17:22] You shall not set up any other god beside GOD, lest you end up despised and disgraced.

لَّاlā(Do) notتَجْعَلْtajʿalyou makeمَعَmaʿawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَـٰهًاilāhangodءَاخَرَākharaanother,فَتَقْعُدَfataqʿudalest you sitمَذْمُومًاmadhmūmandespised, مَّخْذُولًاmakhdhūlandisgraced. ﴿٢٢﴾

[17:23] Your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship except Him, and your parents shall be honored. As long as one or both of them live, you shall never say to them, "Uff" (the slightest gesture of annoyance), nor shall you shout at them; you shall treat them amicably.

وَقَضَىٰwaqaḍāAnd [He] decreedرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord,أَلَّاallādo notتَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudū[you all] worshipإِلَّآillāexceptإِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim aloneوَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand to the parentsإِحْسَـٰنًاiḥ'sānangoodness / kindness. إِمَّاimmāWhetherيَبْلُغَنَّyablughannathey reachعِندَكَʿindakawith youٱلْكِبَرَl-kibarathe old ageأَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāone of the two of them,أَوْaworكِلَاهُمَاkilāhumāboth of them,فَلَاfalāthen (do) notتَقُلtaqulyou sayلَّهُمَآlahumāto both of themأُفٍّuffin"Uff" (*a word of disrespect)وَلَاwalāand (do) notتَنْهَرْهُمَاtanharhumāyou reproach / scold (shout at) both of them,وَقُلwaqulbut speakلَّهُمَاlahumāto [both of] themقَوْلًاqawlanwordsكَرِيمًاkarīmannoble / kind. ﴿٢٣﴾

[17:24] And lower for them the wings of humility, and kindness, and say, "My Lord, have mercy on them, for they have raised me from infancy."

وَٱخْفِضْwa-ikh'fiḍAnd lowerلَهُمَاlahumāfor [both of] themجَنَاحَjanāḥa(the) wing (of)ٱلذُّلِّl-dhuli[the] humilityمِنَmina(out) ofٱلرَّحْمَةِl-raḥmati[the] mercy / kindnessوَقُلwaquland say,رَّبِّrabbi"My Lord!ٱرْحَمْهُمَاir'ḥamhumāHave mercy on both of themكَمَاkamāasرَبَّيَانِىrabbayānīthey both raised meصَغِيرًاṣaghīran(when I was) small." ﴿٢٤﴾

[17:25] Your Lord is fully aware of your innermost thoughts. If you maintain righteousness, He is Forgiver of those who repent.

رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumYour Lordأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best / (is) fully awareبِمَاbimāof what (is)فِىfīinنُفُوسِكُمْnufūsikumyourselves.إِنinIfتَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou [all] areصَـٰلِحِينَṣāliḥīnarighteous [ones],فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed, Heكَانَkānawasلِلْأَوَّٰبِينَlil'awwābīnafor those who turn / repentغَفُورًاghafūranForgiving. ﴿٢٥﴾

[17:26] You shall give the due alms to the relatives, the needy, the poor, and the traveling alien, but do not be excessive, extravagant.

وَءَاتِwaātiAnd give (due alms)ذَاdhā ofٱلْقُرْبَىٰl-qur'bāthe near of kin / relatives حَقَّهُۥḥaqqahuhis right,وَٱلْمِسْكِينَwal-mis'kīnaand the [one who is] needy / poor,وَٱبْنَwa-ib'naand son (of)*ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīlithe path / road (*and the traveling alien),وَلَاwalāand (do) notتُبَذِّرْtubadhiryou spend frivolously / be excessive,تَبْذِيرًاtabdhīranwasteful / extravagant. ﴿٢٦﴾

[17:27] The extravagant are brethren of the devils, and the devil is unappreciative of his Lord.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَl-mubadhirīnathe extravagant [ones]كَانُوٓا۟kānū[they] wereإِخْوَٰنَikh'wānabrothers / brethren (of)ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِl-shayāṭīnithe devils.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [he] becameٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilلِرَبِّهِۦlirabbihito his Lordكَفُورًاkafūranunappreciative. ﴿٢٧﴾

[17:28] Even if you have to turn away from them, as you pursue the mercy of your Lord, you shall treat them in the nicest manner.

وَإِمَّاwa-immāAnd ifتُعْرِضَنَّtuʿ'riḍannayou [all] turn awayعَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom themٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseekingرَحْمَةٍraḥmatinmercyمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord,تَرْجُوهَاtarjūhā(which) you [all] expect / hope for it,فَقُلfaqulthen sayلَّهُمْlahumto themقَوْلًاqawlanwordsمَّيْسُورًاmaysūrangentle. ﴿٢٨﴾

[17:29] You shall not keep your hand stingily tied to your neck, nor shall you foolishly open it up, lest you end up blamed and sorry.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَجْعَلْtajʿal[you] makeيَدَكَyadakayour handمَغْلُولَةًmaghlūlatanchainedإِلَىٰilātoعُنُقِكَʿunuqikayour neck,وَلَاwalāand notتَبْسُطْهَاtabsuṭ'hā[you] stretch itكُلَّkulla(to its) entiretyٱلْبَسْطِl-basṭi(in) the abundance فَتَقْعُدَfataqʿudaso that you sitمَلُومًاmalūmanblameworthy,مَّحْسُورًاmaḥsūraninsolvent. ﴿٢٩﴾

[17:30] For your Lord increases the provision for anyone He chooses, and reduces it. He is fully Cognizant of His creatures, Seer.

إِنَّinnaIndeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lordيَبْسُطُyabsuṭu[He] increasesٱلرِّزْقَl-riz'qathe provisionلِمَنlimanfor whomيَشَآءُyashāuHe wills,وَيَقْدِرُwayaqdiruand He restricts / reduces.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, Heكَانَkāna[He] wasبِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His servants (creatures)خَبِيرًۢاkhabīranCognizant,بَصِيرًاbaṣīranSeer. ﴿٣٠﴾

[17:31] You shall not kill your children due to fear of poverty. We provide for them, as well as for you. Killing them is a gross offense.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْتُلُوٓا۟taqtulū[you all] killأَوْلَـٰدَكُمْawlādakumyour childrenخَشْيَةَkhashyata(for) fear (of)إِمْلَـٰقٍim'lāqinfalling in poverty.نَّحْنُnaḥnuWeنَرْزُقُهُمْnarzuquhum[we] provide for themوَإِيَّاكُمْwa-iyyākumand for you [all] (as well).إِنَّinnaIndeed,قَتْلَهُمْqatlahumtheir killingكَانَkānait wasخِطْـًٔاkhiṭ'ana sinكَبِيرًاkabīrangreat. ﴿٣١﴾

[17:32] You shall not commit adultery; it is a gross sin, and an evil behavior.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabū[you all] go nearٱلزِّنَىٰٓl-zinā[the] adultery.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, itكَانَkāna[it] wasفَـٰحِشَةًfāḥishatanan immoralityوَسَآءَwasāaand (an) evilسَبِيلًاsabīlanway / behavior. ﴿٣٢﴾

[17:33] You shall not kill any person - for GOD has made life sacred - except in the course of justice. If one is killed unjustly, then we give his heir authority to enforce justice. Thus, he shall not exceed the limits in avenging the murder, he will be helped.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulū[you all] kill / murderٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe soul / personٱلَّتِىallatīwhichحَرَّمَḥarrama[He] made sacredٱللَّهُl-lahuGod,إِلَّاillāexceptبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin the (course of) justice.وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverقُتِلَqutilahe was killedمَظْلُومًاmaẓlūmanunjustly,فَقَدْfaqadthen verilyجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeلِوَلِيِّهِۦliwaliyyihifor his heirسُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānanan authority,فَلَاfalābut notيُسْرِفyus'rifhe to exceed the just limitsفِّىfīinٱلْقَتْلِl-qatlithe killing / murder.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heكَانَkāna[he] wasمَنصُورًاmanṣūranone who is helped. ﴿٣٣﴾

[17:34] You shall not touch the orphans' money except for their own good, until they reach maturity. You shall fulfill your covenants, for a covenant is a great responsibility.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْرَبُوا۟taqrabū[you all] approachمَالَmāla(the) wealth (of)ٱلْيَتِيمِl-yatīmithe orphan,إِلَّاillāexceptبِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīin whichهِىَhiya[it] (is)أَحْسَنُaḥsanubestحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilيَبْلُغَyablughahe reachesأَشُدَّهُۥashuddahuhis maturity.وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd fulfill [you all]بِٱلْعَهْدِbil-ʿahdiin the covenant.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْعَهْدَl-ʿahdathe covenantكَانَkānait isمَسْـُٔولًاmasūlana responsibility. ﴿٣٤﴾

[17:35] You shall give full measure when you trade, and weigh equitably. This is better and more righteous.

وَأَوْفُوا۟wa-awfūAnd give full [you all]ٱلْكَيْلَl-kayla[the] measureإِذَاidhāwhenكِلْتُمْkil'tumyou [all] measure,وَزِنُوا۟wazinūand weigh [you all]بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِbil-qis'ṭāsiwith the balanceٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِl-mus'taqīmithe straight / right.ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)خَيْرٌkhayrungoodوَأَحْسَنُwa-aḥsanuand bestتَأْوِيلًاtawīlan(in) determination. ﴿٣٥﴾

[17:36] You shall not accept any information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brain, and you are responsible for using them.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَقْفُtaqfu[you] follow [footsteps] / pursue / acceptمَاmāwhatلَيْسَlaysanotلَكَlakafor youبِهِۦbihiin itعِلْمٌʿil'munknowledge.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلسَّمْعَl-samʿathe hearing,وَٱلْبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight,وَٱلْفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart / brainكُلُّkulluallأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathoseكَانَkānawereعَنْهُʿanhuwith it (are)مَسْـُٔولًاmasūlanresponsible. ﴿٣٦﴾

[17:37] You shall not walk proudly on earth - you cannot bore through the earth, nor can you be as tall as the mountains.

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَمْشِtamshi[you] walkفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمَرَحًاmaraḥanproudly.إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, youلَنlan(can) neverتَخْرِقَtakhriqa[you] bore throughٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthوَلَنwalanand (will) neverتَبْلُغَtablugha[you] reachٱلْجِبَالَl-jibālathe mountainsطُولًاṭūlan(in) height. ﴿٣٧﴾

[17:38] All bad behavior is condemned by your Lord.

كُلُّkulluAllذَٰلِكَdhālikathatكَانَkānait isسَيِّئُهُۥsayyi-uhu[its] evilعِندَʿindain the sight ofرَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord (is)مَكْرُوهًاmakrūhandisliked / hated / condemned. ﴿٣٨﴾

[17:39] This is some of the wisdom inspired to you by your Lord. You shall not set up another god beside GOD, lest you end up in Gehenna, blamed and defeated.

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)مِمَّآmimmāfrom whatأَوْحَىٰٓawḥā[He] revealed / inspiredإِلَيْكَilaykato youرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordمِنَminafromٱلْحِكْمَةِl-ḥik'matithe wisdom.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَجْعَلْtajʿalyou makeمَعَmaʿawithٱللَّهِl-lahiGodإِلَـٰهًاilāhangodءَاخَرَākharaotherفَتُلْقَىٰfatul'qālest you be thrownفِىfīinجَهَنَّمَjahannamaGehenna,مَلُومًاmalūmanblameworthy,مَّدْحُورًاmadḥūrandefeated. ﴿٣٩﴾

[17:40] Has your Lord given you boys, while giving Himself the angels as daughters?! How could you utter such a blasphemy?

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْafa-aṣfākumThen has [He] chosen for you [all]رَبُّكُمrabbukumyour Lordبِٱلْبَنِينَbil-banīnain the sonsوَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhawhile He tookمِنَminafromٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe angelsإِنَـٰثًاināthanfemales / daughters?إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you [all]لَتَقُولُونَlataqūlūnasurely [you all] sayقَوْلًاqawlanwords عَظِيمًاʿaẓīmangrave (blasphemous). ﴿٤٠﴾

[17:41] We have cited in this Quran (all kinds of examples), that they may take heed. But it only augments their aversion.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily,صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāwe explainedفِىfīinهَـٰذَاhādhāthisٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni[the] Quran,لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟liyadhakkarūthat they may take heed,وَمَاwamābut notيَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhumit increases themإِلَّاillāexceptنُفُورًاnufūran(in) aversion. ﴿٤١﴾

[17:42] Say, "If there were any other gods beside Him, as they claim, they would have tried to overthrow the Possessor of the throne."

قُلqulSay,لَّوْlaw"Ifكَانَkānathere wereمَعَهُۥٓmaʿahuwith Himءَالِهَةٌālihatungodsكَمَاkamāasيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say,إِذًاidhanthenلَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟la-ib'taghawsurely they would have soughtإِلَىٰilātoذِىdhī(the) Possessor ofٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throneسَبِيلًاsabīlana way / path." ﴿٤٢﴾

[17:43] Be He glorified, He is much too exalted, far above their utterances.

سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlorified is Heوَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand high above (all) / exalted (is He)عَمَّاʿammāabove whatيَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say - عُلُوًّاʿuluwwanarroganceكَبِيرًاkabīrangreat. ﴿٤٣﴾

[17:44] Glorifying Him are the seven universes, the earth, and everyone in them. There is nothing that does not glorify Him, but you do not understand their glorification. He is Clement, Forgiver.

تُسَبِّحُtusabbiḥu[It] glorifiesلَهُlahu[to] Himٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُl-samāwātuthe heavens / universesٱلسَّبْعُl-sabʿuthe seven,وَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earthوَمَنwamanand whatever (is)فِيهِنَّfīhinnain them.وَإِنwa-inAnd (there is) notمِّنminanyشَىْءٍshayinthingإِلَّاillāexcept (that)يُسَبِّحُyusabbiḥuit glorifiesبِحَمْدِهِۦbiḥamdihiin His praise / glory,وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbutلَّاlānotتَفْقَهُونَtafqahūnayou [all] understandتَسْبِيحَهُمْtasbīḥahumtheir glorification.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, Heكَانَkāna[He] isحَلِيمًاḥalīmanClement,غَفُورًاghafūranForgiving." ﴿٤٤﴾

[17:45] When you read the Quran, we place between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter an invisible barrier.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenقَرَأْتَqaratayou recitedٱلْقُرْءَانَl-qur'ānathe Quran,جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe placedبَيْنَكَbaynakabetween youوَبَيْنَwabaynaand betweenٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoلَاlā(do) notيُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna[they] believeبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhiratiin the Hereafterحِجَابًاḥijābana barrierمَّسْتُورًاmastūranone which is hidden (invisible). ﴿٤٥﴾

[17:46] We place shields around their minds, to prevent them from understanding it, and deafness in their ears. And when you preach your Lord, using the Quran alone,* they run away in aversion.

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd we placedعَلَىٰʿalāoverقُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts / mindsأَكِنَّةًakinnatancoverings / shields,أَنanlestيَفْقَهُوهُyafqahūhuthey understand it,وَفِىٓwafīand inءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir earsوَقْرًاwaqrandeafness.وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenذَكَرْتَdhakartayou mentioned / preachedرَبَّكَrabbakayour Lordفِىfīwithٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quranوَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahualone,وَلَّوْا۟wallawthey turned awayعَلَىٰٓʿalāonأَدْبَـٰرِهِمْadbārihimtheir backsنُفُورًاnufūran(in) aversion. ﴿٤٦﴾

*17:46 The Arabic word "alone" refers to God in 7:70, 39:45, 40:12 & 84, and 60:4. If you add these numbers, you get 361, 19x19. But if you include 17:46, which refers to the Quran, the product is not a multiple of 19. "Alone," therefore refers to the Quran in 17:46 (Appendix 18).

[17:47] We are fully aware of what they hear, when they listen to you, and when they conspire secretly - the disbelievers say, "You are following a crazy man."

نَّحْنُnaḥnuWeأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow bestبِمَاbimā[of] whatيَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listenبِهِۦٓbihito [it]إِذْidhwhenيَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūnathey listenإِلَيْكَilaykato you,وَإِذْwa-idhand whenهُمْhumthey (are)نَجْوَىٰٓnajwā(in) secret counsel / secret conspiracy,إِذْidhwhenيَقُولُyaqūlu[he] saysٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers,إِنin"Notتَتَّبِعُونَtattabiʿūnayou [all] followإِلَّاillābutرَجُلًاrajulana manمَّسْحُورًاmasḥūranone who is bewitched / crazy." ﴿٤٧﴾

[17:48] Note how they describe you, and how this causes them to stray off the path.

ٱنظُرْunẓurSeeكَيْفَkayfahowضَرَبُوا۟ḍarabūthey put forthلَكَlakafor youٱلْأَمْثَالَl-amthālathe examples;فَضَلُّوا۟faḍallūbut they strayedفَلَاfalāso notيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey are able (to find)سَبِيلًاsabīlana way / path / means of access. ﴿٤٨﴾

[17:49] They said, "After we turn into bones and fragments, we get resurrected anew?!"

وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūAnd they said,أَءِذَاa-idhā"What! Whenكُنَّاkunnāwe becameعِظَـٰمًاʿiẓāmanbonesوَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātanand fragments,أَءِنَّاa-innāwill weلَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely be ones resurrectedخَلْقًاkhalqan(as) a creationجَدِيدًاjadīdannew." ﴿٤٩﴾

[17:50] Say, "Even if you turn into rocks or iron.

قُلْqulSay,كُونُوا۟kūnū"Be [you all]حِجَارَةًḥijāratanrocksأَوْaworحَدِيدًاḥadīdaniron. ﴿٥٠﴾

[17:51] "Even if you turn into any kind of creation that you deem impossible." They will then say, "Who will bring us back?" Say, "The One who created you in the first place." They will then shake their heads and say, "When will that be?" Say, "It may be closer than you think."

أَوْaw"Orخَلْقًاkhalqana creationمِّمَّاmimmāof whatيَكْبُرُyakburuit is greatفِىfīinصُدُورِكُمْṣudūrikumyour minds."فَسَيَقُولُونَfasayaqūlūnaThen they will say,مَنman"Whoيُعِيدُنَاyuʿīdunā[he] will restore us?"قُلِquliSay,ٱلَّذِىalladhī"The One whoفَطَرَكُمْfaṭarakumHe initiated / created you [all]أَوَّلَawwala(the) firstمَرَّةٍmarratintime."فَسَيُنْغِضُونَfasayun'ghiḍūnaThen they will shakeإِلَيْكَilaykaat youرُءُوسَهُمْruūsahumtheir headsوَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say,مَتَىٰmatā"When (will)هُوَhuwait (be)?"قُلْqulSay,عَسَىٰٓʿasā"Perhapsأَنanthatيَكُونَyakūnait will beقَرِيبًاqarībansoon / near." ﴿٥١﴾

[17:52] The day He summons you, you will respond by praising Him, and you will then realize that you had lasted in this life but a short while.

يَوْمَyawma(On the) DayيَدْعُوكُمْyadʿūkumHe calls you [all]فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَfatastajībūnaand you [all] will respondبِحَمْدِهِۦbiḥamdihiwith His praise,وَتَظُنُّونَwataẓunnūnaand you [all] will assume / think,إِنinnotلَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tumyou [all] remainedإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana little (while). ﴿٥٢﴾

[17:53] Tell My servants to treat each other in the best possible manner, for the devil will always try to drive a wedge among them. Surely, the devil is man's most ardent enemy.

وَقُلwaqulAnd say / tellلِّعِبَادِىliʿibādīto My servants:يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlū[they] (to) sayٱلَّتِىallatī(that) whichهِىَhiyait (is)أَحْسَنُaḥsanubest.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe devilيَنزَغُyanzaghuhe sows discord / drives a wedgeبَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَl-shayṭānathe devilكَانَkānahe becameلِلْإِنسَـٰنِlil'insānito the manعَدُوًّاʿaduwwanan enemyمُّبِينًاmubīnanclear / profound / ardent. ﴿٥٣﴾

[17:54] Your Lord knows you best. According to His knowledge, He may shower you with mercy, or He may requite you. We did not send you to be their advocate.

رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumYour Lordأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِكُمْbikumof you [all].إِنinIfيَشَأْyashaHe wills,يَرْحَمْكُمْyarḥamkumHe will have mercy on you [all];أَوْaworإِنinifيَشَأْyashaHe willsيُعَذِّبْكُمْyuʿadhib'kumHe will punish you [all].وَمَآwamāAnd notأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākawe sent youعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themوَكِيلًاwakīlan(as) a guardian / advocate. ﴿٥٤﴾

[17:55] Your Lord is the best knower of everyone in the heavens and the earth. In accordance with this knowledge, we preferred some prophets over others. For example, we gave David the Psalms.

وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord (is)أَعْلَمُaʿlamubest knowerبِمَنbimanof whoever (is)فِىfīinٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth.وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verilyفَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāwe preferredبَعْضَbaʿḍasome (of)ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīnathe prophetsعَلَىٰʿalāoverبَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome others.وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd we gaveدَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDavidزَبُورًاzabūran(the) Psalms. ﴿٥٥﴾

[17:56] Say, "Implore whatever idols you have set up beside Him." They have no power to relieve your afflictions, nor can they prevent them.

قُلِquliSay,ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿū"Call / Implore [you all]ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whomزَعَمْتُمzaʿamtumyou [all] claimedمِّنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him,فَلَاfalā[then] notيَمْلِكُونَyamlikūnathey possess powerكَشْفَkashfato removeٱلضُّرِّl-ḍurithe adversity / afflictionعَنكُمْʿankumfrom you [all]وَلَاwalāand notتَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlanchanges / alterations." ﴿٥٦﴾

[17:57] Even the idols that they implore are seeking the ways and means towards their Lord. They pray for His mercy, and fear His retribution. Surely, the retribution of your Lord is dreadful.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThoseٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathe ones whoيَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey implore,يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnathey are seekingإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّهِمُrabbihimutheir Lordٱلْوَسِيلَةَl-wasīlatathe means of accessأَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of them (is)أَقْرَبُaqrabunearer,وَيَرْجُونَwayarjūnaand they hope (pray)رَحْمَتَهُۥraḥmatahu(for) His mercyوَيَخَافُونَwayakhāfūnaand they fearعَذَابَهُۥٓʿadhābahuHis punishment / retribution.إِنَّinnaIndeed,عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment / retributionرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordكَانَkānawasمَحْذُورًاmaḥdhūranone which is feared / dreadful. ﴿٥٧﴾

[17:58] There is not a community that we will not annihilate before the Day of Resurrection, or inflict severe retribution upon them. This is already written down in the book.

وَإِنwa-inAnd not (is)مِّنminanyقَرْيَةٍqaryatintown / communityإِلَّاillābutنَحْنُnaḥnuwe (are)مُهْلِكُوهَاmuh'likūhāones who annihilate itقَبْلَqablabeforeيَوْمِyawmi(the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionأَوْaworمُعَذِّبُوهَاmuʿadhibūhāones to punish itعَذَابًاʿadhāban(with) a punishment / retributionشَدِيدًاshadīdansevere.كَانَkānaIt wasذَٰلِكَdhālikathatفِىfīinٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe bookمَسْطُورًاmasṭūranone which is written. ﴿٥٨﴾

[17:59] What stopped us from sending the miracles is that the previous generations have rejected them. For example, we showed Thamûd the camel, a profound (miracle), but they transgressed against it. We sent the miracles only to instill reverence.

وَمَاwamāAnd notمَنَعَنَآmanaʿanāit stopped usأَنanthatنُّرْسِلَnur'silawe sendبِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِbil-āyātiin the signs / miraclesإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatكَذَّبَkadhaba[he] denied / rejectedبِهَاbihāin it,ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūnathe former [ones] (people).وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd we gaveثَمُودَthamūdaThamudٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqatathe she-camelمُبْصِرَةًmub'ṣiratan(as) a visible sign / profound,فَظَلَمُوا۟faẓalamūbut they wrongedبِهَاbihā[of] her.وَمَاwamāAnd notنُرْسِلُnur'siluwe sendبِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِbil-āyātiof the signs / miraclesإِلَّاillāexceptتَخْوِيفًاtakhwīfanto frighten / warn / instill reverence. ﴿٥٩﴾

[17:60] We informed you that your Lord fully controls the people, and we rendered the vision that we showed you a test for the people, and the tree that is accursed in the Quran.* We showed them solid proofs to instill reverence in them, but this only augmented their defiance.

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقُلْنَاqul'nāwe saidلَكَlakato you,إِنَّinna"Indeed,رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lordأَحَاطَaḥāṭa[He] fully surrounded / controlledبِٱلنَّاسِbil-nāsi[in] the people."وَمَاwamāAnd notجَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāwe madeٱلرُّءْيَاl-ru'yāthe visionٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhichأَرَيْنَـٰكَaraynākawe showed youإِلَّاillāexcept (as)فِتْنَةًfit'natana testلِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people,وَٱلشَّجَرَةَwal-shajarataand the treeٱلْمَلْعُونَةَl-malʿūnatathe accursedفِىfīinٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quran.وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْwanukhawwifuhumAnd we threaten / instill reverence in themفَمَاfamābut notيَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhumit increases themإِلَّاillāexceptطُغْيَـٰنًاṭugh'yānan(in) transgressionكَبِيرًاkabīrangreat. ﴿٦٠﴾

*17:60 Muhammad's journey to the highest heaven to receive the Quran, as stated in 17:1 and 53:1-18, is a test because the people had to believe Muhammad on faith.

[17:61] When we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam," they fell prostrate, except Satan. He said, "Shall I prostrate to one You created from mud?"

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when / recallقُلْنَاqul'nāwe saidلِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِlil'malāikatito the angels,ٱسْجُدُوا۟us'judū"Prostrate [you all]لِـَٔادَمَliādamato Adam."فَسَجَدُوٓا۟fasajadūSo they prostratedإِلَّآillāexceptإِبْلِيسَib'līsaIblis (Satan).قَالَqālaHe said,ءَأَسْجُدُa-asjudu"Shall I prostrateلِمَنْlimanto (one) whomخَلَقْتَkhalaqtaYou createdطِينًاṭīnan(from) clay / mud?" ﴿٦١﴾

[17:62] He said, "Since You have honored him over me, if You respite me till the Day of Resurrection, I will possess all his descendants, except a few."

قَالَqālaHe said,أَرَءَيْتَكَara-aytaka"Have You consideredهَـٰذَاhādhāthisٱلَّذِىalladhīwhomكَرَّمْتَkarramtaYou honoredعَلَىَّʿalayyaover me?لَئِنْla-inSurely ifأَخَّرْتَنِakhartaniYou give me respiteإِلَىٰilātillيَوْمِyawmi(the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrection,لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّla-aḥtanikannasurely I will bring under my influence / possessذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓdhurriyyatahuhis descendantsإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana few." ﴿٦٢﴾

[17:63] He said, "Then go; you and those who follow you will end up in Hell as your requital; an equitable requital.

قَالَqālaHe said,ٱذْهَبْidh'hab"Go,فَمَنfamanand whoeverتَبِعَكَtabiʿaka[he] followed youمِنْهُمْmin'humamong themفَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed,جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell (is)جَزَآؤُكُمْjazāukumyour requitalجَزَآءًjazāana requitalمَّوْفُورًاmawfūranample / equitable. ﴿٦٣﴾

[17:64] "You may entice them with your voice, and mobilize all your forces and all your men against them, and share in their money and children, and promise them. Anything the devil promises is no more than an illusion.

وَٱسْتَفْزِزْwa-is'tafziz"And seek to entice / expelمَنِmaniwhoeverٱسْتَطَعْتَis'taṭaʿtayou are ableمِنْهُمmin'humamong themبِصَوْتِكَbiṣawtikawith your voice,وَأَجْلِبْwa-ajliband mobilize عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimagainst themبِخَيْلِكَbikhaylikawith your cavalryوَرَجِلِكَwarajilikaand your soldiers / menوَشَارِكْهُمْwashārik'humand partner / share with themفِىfīinٱلْأَمْوَٰلِl-amwālithe wealthوَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِwal-awlādiand the children,وَعِدْهُمْwaʿid'hum(and) promise them."وَمَاwamāAnd notيَعِدُهُمُyaʿiduhumu[he] promises themٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe devilإِلَّاillāexceptغُرُورًاghurūranillusion. ﴿٦٤﴾

[17:65] "As for My servants, you have no power over them." Your Lord suffices as an advocate.

إِنَّinna"Indeed,عِبَادِىʿibādīMy servantsلَيْسَlaysanotلَكَlakafor youعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover themسُلْطَـٰنٌsul'ṭānun(any) authority / power.وَكَفَىٰwakafāAnd sufficient (is)بِرَبِّكَbirabbika[in] your Lord (as)وَكِيلًاwakīlana Guardian / Advocate." ﴿٦٥﴾

[17:66] Your Lord is the One who causes the ships to float on the ocean,* that you may seek His bounties. He is Most Merciful towards you.

رَّبُّكُمُrabbukumuYour Lord (is)ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoيُزْجِىyuz'jī[He] drives / propels / pushesلَكُمُlakumufor you [all]ٱلْفُلْكَl-ful'kathe shipفِىfīinٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea,لِتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you [all] may seekمِنminofفَضْلِهِۦٓfaḍlihiHis bounty.إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, Heكَانَkāna[He] wasبِكُمْbikumto you [all]رَحِيمًاraḥīmanMerciful. ﴿٦٦﴾

*17:66 We now learn from physics and physical chemistry that water possesses unique qualities that render it perfectly suitable for serving our various needs.

[17:67] If you are afflicted in the middle of the sea, you forget your idols and sincerely implore Him alone. But as soon as He saves you to the shore, you revert. Indeed, the human being is unappreciative.

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenمَسَّكُمُmassakumu[it] touches / afflicts you [all]ٱلضُّرُّl-ḍuruthe afflictionفِىfīinٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea,ضَلَّḍalla[he] lost / abandonedمَنmanwhoتَدْعُونَtadʿūnayou [all] call / imploreإِلَّآillāexceptإِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim alone.فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenنَجَّىٰكُمْnajjākumHe delivered / saved you [all]إِلَىilātoٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land / shoreأَعْرَضْتُمْaʿraḍtumyou [all] turned away / reverted.وَكَانَwakānaAnd [he] becameٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man / human beingكَفُورًاkafūranunappreciative. ﴿٦٧﴾

[17:68] Have you guaranteed that He will not cause the land, on shore, to swallow you? Or, that He will not send upon you a tempest, then you find no protector?

أَفَأَمِنتُمْafa-amintumHave you [all] then felt secure (*Have you guaranteed)أَنanlestيَخْسِفَyakhsifaHe will cause to swallowبِكُمْbikumin you [all]جَانِبَjānibaside / part / portion (of)ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land / shoreأَوْaworيُرْسِلَyur'silaHe sendعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you [all]حَاصِبًاḥāṣibana tempest?ثُمَّthummaThenلَاlānotتَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou [all] will findلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]وَكِيلًاwakīlana guardian / protector? ﴿٦٨﴾

[17:69] Have you guaranteed that He will not return you to the sea another time, then send upon you a storm that drowns you because of your disbelief? Once this happens, we will not give you another chance.

أَمْamOr haveأَمِنتُمْamintumyou [all] felt secure (*have you guaranteed)أَنanlestيُعِيدَكُمْyuʿīdakumHe will return you [all]فِيهِfīhiinto itتَارَةًtāratantimeأُخْرَىٰukh'rāanotherفَيُرْسِلَfayur'silathen He will sendعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you [all]قَاصِفًاqāṣifana hurricane / fierce stormمِّنَminaofٱلرِّيحِl-rīḥithe wind (tempest),فَيُغْرِقَكُمfayugh'riqakumthen He will drown you [all]بِمَاbimābecauseكَفَرْتُمْkafartumyou [all] disbelieved / were unappreciative?ثُمَّthummaThenلَاlānotتَجِدُوا۟tajidūyou [all] will findلَكُمْlakumfor you [all]عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst usبِهِۦbihithereinتَبِيعًاtabīʿana helper / avenger / aide / adherent? ﴿٦٩﴾

[17:70] We have honored the children of Adam, and provided them with rides on land and in the sea. We provided for them good provisions, and we gave them greater advantages than many of our creatures.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly,كَرَّمْنَاkarramnāwe honoredبَنِىٓbanī(the) children (of)ءَادَمَādamaAdamوَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْwaḥamalnāhumand we carried themفِىfīonٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land / shoreوَٱلْبَحْرِwal-baḥriand the sea,وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُمwarazaqnāhumand we provided themمِّنَminaofٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe good thingsوَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْwafaḍḍalnāhumand we preferred themعَلَىٰʿalāoverكَثِيرٍkathīrinmanyمِّمَّنْmimmanof (those) whomخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāwe createdتَفْضِيلًاtafḍīlan(with) preference. ﴿٧٠﴾

[17:71] The day will come when we summon every people, together with their record. As for those who are given a record of righteousness, they will read their record and will not suffer the least injustice.

يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayنَدْعُوا۟nadʿūwe summonكُلَّkullaallأُنَاسٍۭunāsinhuman beingsبِإِمَـٰمِهِمْbi-imāmihimwith their record,فَمَنْfamanthen whoeverأُوتِىَūtiyahe was givenكِتَـٰبَهُۥkitābahuhis recordبِيَمِينِهِۦbiyamīnihiin his right hand,فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen thoseيَقْرَءُونَyaqraūnathey will readكِتَـٰبَهُمْkitābahumtheir records,وَلَاwalāand notيُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnathey will be wrongedفَتِيلًاfatīlan(even as much as) a hair on a date seed. ﴿٧١﴾

[17:72] As for those who are blind in this life, they will be blind in the Hereafter; even a lot worse.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverكَانَkānahe wasفِىfīinهَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihithis (world)أَعْمَىٰaʿmāblind,فَهُوَfahuwathen heفِىfīinٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafterأَعْمَىٰaʿmā(will be) blind,وَأَضَلُّwa-aḍalluand more astrayسَبِيلًاsabīlan(from the) path. ﴿٧٢﴾

[17:73] They almost diverted you from the revelations we have given you. They wanted you to fabricate something else, in order to consider you a friend.

وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed,كَادُوا۟kādūthey were about to / almostلَيَفْتِنُونَكَlayaftinūnakasurely [they] tempt you awayعَنِʿanifromٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthat whichأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāwe revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato youلِتَفْتَرِىَlitaftariyaso that you may fabricateعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāabout usغَيْرَهُۥghayrahuother than it.وَإِذًاwa-idhanAnd thenلَّٱتَّخَذُوكَla-ittakhadhūkasurely they would taken youخَلِيلًاkhalīlan(as) a close friend. ﴿٧٣﴾

[17:74] If it were not that we strengthened you, you almost leaned towards them just a little bit.

وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if notأَنanthatثَبَّتْنَـٰكَthabbatnākawe strengthened you,لَقَدْlaqadcertainly,كِدتَّkidttayou almostتَرْكَنُtarkanuyou leanإِلَيْهِمْilayhimtowards themشَيْـًٔاshayan(in) somethingقَلِيلًاqalīlana little. ﴿٧٤﴾

[17:75] Had you done that, we would have doubled the retribution for you in this life, and after death, and you would have found no one to help you against us.

إِذًاidhanThenلَّأَذَقْنَـٰكَla-adhaqnākasurely we would have made you tasteضِعْفَḍiʿ'fadoubleٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(in) the life,وَضِعْفَwaḍiʿ'faand doubleٱلْمَمَاتِl-mamāti(after) the death.ثُمَّthummaThenلَاlānotتَجِدُtajiduyou will foundلَكَlakafor youعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst usنَصِيرًاnaṣīrana helper. ﴿٧٥﴾

[17:76] They almost banished you from the land to get rid of you, so they could revert as soon as you left.

وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed,كَادُوا۟kādūthey almostلَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَlayastafizzūnakasurely [they] seek to scare / expel / banish youمِنَminafromٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land,لِيُخْرِجُوكَliyukh'rijūkathat they may evict youمِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it.وَإِذًاwa-idhanBut thenلَّاlānotيَلْبَثُونَyalbathūnathey stayخِلَـٰفَكَkhilāfakaafter youإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana little. ﴿٧٦﴾

[17:77] This has been consistently the case with all the messengers that we sent before you, and you will find that our system never changes.

سُنَّةَsunnata(Such is our) sunnah / systemمَنman(for) whomقَدْqad[verily]أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāwe sentقَبْلَكَqablakabefore youمِنminfromرُّسُلِنَاrusulināour messengers.وَلَاwalāAnd notتَجِدُtajiduyou will findلِسُنَّتِنَاlisunnatināthat our sunnah / systemتَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlanchanges. ﴿٧٧﴾

[17:78] You shall observe the Contact Prayer (Salat) when the sun declines from its highest point at noon, as it moves towards sunset. You shall also observe (the recitation of) the Quran at dawn. (Reciting) the Quran at dawn is witnessed.

أَقِمِaqimiObserveٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe Contact Prayer (Salat),لِدُلُوكِlidulūkiat (the) declining [from its highest point] (of)ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsithe sunإِلَىٰilātowardsغَسَقِghasaqi(the) obscuring / darkness (of)ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night (sunset)وَقُرْءَانَwaqur'ānaand Quran / recitationٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri(at) [the] dawn,إِنَّinnaindeed,قُرْءَانَqur'āna(the) Quran / recitationٱلْفَجْرِl-fajri(at) the dawnكَانَkānait isمَشْهُودًاmashhūdanwitnessed. ﴿٧٨﴾

[17:79] During the night, you shall meditate for extra credit, that your Lord may raise you to an honorable rank.

وَمِنَwaminaAnd fromٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe nightفَتَهَجَّدْfatahajjadthen you remain awake in prayer (meditate)بِهِۦbihithereinنَافِلَةًnāfilatan(as) additional / supererogatory / extra creditلَّكَlakafor you;عَسَىٰٓʿasāHe may be / perhapsأَنanthatيَبْعَثَكَyabʿathaka[He] will raise youرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordمَقَامًاmaqāman(to) a position / rankمَّحْمُودًاmaḥmūdanpraiseworthy / honorable. ﴿٧٩﴾

[17:80] And say, "My Lord, admit me an honorable admittance, and let me depart an honorable departure, and grant me from You a powerful support."

وَقُلwaqulAnd say,رَّبِّrabbi"My Lord!أَدْخِلْنِىadkhil'nīAdmit meمُدْخَلَmud'khalaan admittanceصِدْقٍṣid'qinhonorable,وَأَخْرِجْنِىwa-akhrij'nīand depart meمُخْرَجَmukh'rajaa departureصِدْقٍṣid'qinhonorable,وَٱجْعَلwa-ij'ʿaland make / grantلِّىlīfor meمِنminfromلَّدُنكَladunkanear Youسُلْطَـٰنًاsul'ṭānanan authority / powerfulنَّصِيرًاnaṣīranhelping / support." ﴿٨٠﴾

[17:81] Proclaim, "The truth has prevailed, and falsehood has vanished; falsehood will inevitably vanish."

وَقُلْwaqulAnd say,جَآءَjāa"[It] cameٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquthe truthوَزَهَقَwazahaqaand [it] perished / vanishedٱلْبَـٰطِلُl-bāṭiluthe falsehood.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلْبَـٰطِلَl-bāṭilathe falsehoodكَانَkānait hadزَهُوقًاzahūqanperished / vanished." ﴿٨١﴾

[17:82] We send down in the Quran healing and mercy for the believers. At the same time, it only increases the wickedness of the transgressors.

وَنُنَزِّلُwanunazziluAnd we reveal / send downمِنَminafromٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quranمَاmāthatهُوَhuwait (is)شِفَآءٌshifāona healingوَرَحْمَةٌwaraḥmatunand a mercyلِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers,وَلَاwalābut notيَزِيدُyazīduit increasesٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoersإِلَّاillāexceptخَسَارًاkhasāran(in) loss. ﴿٨٢﴾

[17:83] When we bless the human being, he becomes preoccupied and heedless. But when adversity strikes him, he turns despondent.

وَإِذَآwa-idhāAnd whenأَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāwe bestowed blessingعَلَىʿalāonٱلْإِنسَـٰنِl-insānithe man / human beingأَعْرَضَaʿraḍahe turned awayوَنَـَٔاwanaāand he kept awayبِجَانِبِهِۦbijānibihito distance himself.وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd whenمَسَّهُmassahu[it] touched / afflicted himٱلشَّرُّl-sharuthe evil / adversityكَانَkānahe becameيَـُٔوسًاyaūsandespondent. ﴿٨٣﴾

[17:84] Say, "Everyone works in accordance with his belief, and your Lord knows best which ones are guided in the right path."

قُلْqulSay,كُلٌّkullun"Each / Every(one)يَعْمَلُyaʿmalu[he] worksعَلَىٰʿalāaccording toشَاكِلَتِهِۦshākilatihihis (own) likeness / manner / rule of conduct (belief),فَرَبُّكُمْfarabbukumbut your Lordأَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows bestبِمَنْbimanof whoهُوَhuwa[he] (is)أَهْدَىٰahdābest guidedسَبِيلًاsabīlan(in) path." ﴿٨٤﴾

[17:85] They ask you about the revelation. Say, "The revelation comes from my Lord. The knowledge given to you is minute."

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask youعَنِʿaniconcerningٱلرُّوحِl-rūḥithe revelation.قُلِquliSay,ٱلرُّوحُl-rūḥu"The revelationمِنْmin(is) ofأَمْرِamri(the) commandرَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord.وَمَآwamāAnd notأُوتِيتُمūtītumyou [all] were givenمِّنَminaofٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledgeإِلَّاillāexceptقَلِيلًاqalīlana little." ﴿٨٥﴾

[17:86] If we will, we can take back what we revealed to you, then you will find no protector against us.

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd surely ifشِئْنَاshi'nāwe willed,لَنَذْهَبَنَّlanadhhabannasurely we will take awayبِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin that whichأَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāwe revealedإِلَيْكَilaykato you.ثُمَّthummaThenلَاlānotتَجِدُtajiduyou will findلَكَlakafor youبِهِۦbihifor itعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst usوَكِيلًاwakīlanany advocate / protector. ﴿٨٦﴾

[17:87] This is but mercy from your Lord. His blessings upon you have been great.

إِلَّاillāExceptرَحْمَةًraḥmatana mercyمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord.إِنَّinnaIndeed,فَضْلَهُۥfaḍlahuHis bounty / mercyكَانَkānawasعَلَيْكَʿalaykaupon youكَبِيرًاkabīrangreat. ﴿٨٧﴾

[17:88] Say, "If all the humans and all the jinns banded together in order to produce a Quran like this, they can never produce anything like it, no matter how much assistance they lent one another."

قُلqulSay,لَّئِنِla-ini"Surely ifٱجْتَمَعَتِij'tamaʿati[it] gatheredٱلْإِنسُl-insuthe humansوَٱلْجِنُّwal-jinuand the jinnsعَلَىٰٓʿalāfor the sake ofأَنanthatيَأْتُوا۟yatūthey bringبِمِثْلِbimith'li[in] the like (of)هَـٰذَاhādhāthisٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni[the] Quran,لَاlānotيَأْتُونَyatūnathey will bringبِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihi[in] the like of it,وَلَوْwalaweven ifكَانَkānawereبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them*لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto some others (*to each other)ظَهِيرًاẓahīranhelp / support / assistance." ﴿٨٨﴾

[17:89] We have cited for the people in this Quran all kinds of examples, but most people insist upon disbelieving.

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verilyصَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāwe explainedلِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the peopleفِىfīinهَـٰذَاhādhāthisٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni[the] Quranمِنminfromكُلِّkullieveryمَثَلٍmathalinexample,فَأَبَىٰٓfa-abābut [he] refusedأَكْثَرُaktharumost (of)ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleإِلَّاillāexceptكُفُورًاkufūrandisbelief. ﴿٨٩﴾

[17:90] They said, "We will not believe you unless you cause a spring to gush out of the ground.

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said,لَنlan"Neverنُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believeلَكَlakain youحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتَفْجُرَtafjurayou cause to gush outلَنَاlanāfor usمِنَminafromٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthيَنۢبُوعًاyanbūʿana spring. ﴿٩٠﴾

[17:91] "Or unless you own a garden of date palms and grapes, with rivers running through it.

أَوْaw"Orتَكُونَtakūnayou haveلَكَlakafor youجَنَّةٌjannatuna gardenمِّنminofنَّخِيلٍnakhīlindate-palmsوَعِنَبٍwaʿinabinand grapes,فَتُفَجِّرَfatufajjiraand you cause to gush outٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَl-anhārathe riversخِلَـٰلَهَاkhilālahāwithin themتَفْجِيرًاtafjīranflowing in abundance. ﴿٩١﴾

[17:92] "Or unless you cause masses from the sky, as you claimed, to fall on us. Or unless you bring GOD and the angels before our eyes.

أَوْaw"Orتُسْقِطَtus'qiṭayou collapse / dropٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe sky,كَمَاkamāasزَعَمْتَzaʿamtayou claimed,عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon usكِسَفًاkisafan(in) pieces / massesأَوْaworتَأْتِىَtatiyayou bringبِٱللَّهِbil-lahi[by] Godوَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِwal-malāikatiand the angelsقَبِيلًاqabīlanface to face / before our eyes. ﴿٩٢﴾

[17:93] "Or unless you own a luxurious mansion, or unless you climb into the sky. Even if you do climb, we will not believe unless you bring a book that we can read."* Say, "Glory be to my Lord. Am I any more than a human messenger?"

أَوْaw"Orيَكُونَyakūnait isلَكَlakafor youبَيْتٌbaytuna houseمِّنminofزُخْرُفٍzukh'rufinornament / luxuriousأَوْaworتَرْقَىٰtarqāyou ascend / climbفِىfīintoٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky.وَلَنwalanAnd neverنُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believeلِرُقِيِّكَliruqiyyikaof your ascensionحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilتُنَزِّلَtunazzilayou bring downعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto usكِتَـٰبًاkitābana bookنَّقْرَؤُهُۥnaqra-uhuwe (can) read it."قُلْqulSay,سُبْحَانَsub'ḥāna"Glorified (is)رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord!هَلْhal"Whatكُنتُkuntuam Iإِلَّاillābutبَشَرًاbasharana humanرَّسُولًاrasūlanmessenger." ﴿٩٣﴾

*17:93 God's Messenger of the Covenant, Rashad Khalifa, was thus challenged, including the challenge to bring a new book, or bring down masses from the sky. Verse 3:81 defines the duties of God's Messenger of the Covenant. Overwhelming proof is detailed in Appendices 2 & 26.

[17:94] What prevented the people from believing when the guidance came to them, is their saying, "Did GOD send a human being as a messenger?"

وَمَاwamāAnd whatمَنَعَmanaʿait preventedٱلنَّاسَl-nāsathe peopleأَنanthatيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟yu'minūthey believeإِذْidhwhenجَآءَهُمُjāahumu[it] came to themٱلْهُدَىٰٓl-hudāthe guidanceإِلَّآillāexceptأَنanthatقَالُوٓا۟qālūthey said,أَبَعَثَabaʿatha"Has [He] sentٱللَّهُl-lahuGodبَشَرًاbasharana human being (as)رَّسُولًاrasūlana messenger?" ﴿٩٤﴾

[17:95] Say, "If the earth were inhabited by angels, we would have sent down to them from the sky an angel messenger."

قُلqulSay,لَّوْlaw"Ifكَانَkānathere wereفِىfīinٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthمَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌmalāikatunangelsيَمْشُونَyamshūnathey walking / moving alongمُطْمَئِنِّينَmuṭ'ma-innīna[those] securely / contently,لَنَزَّلْنَاlanazzalnāsurely we would have sent downعَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto themمِّنَminafromٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven / skyمَلَكًاmalakanan angel (as)رَّسُولًاrasūlana messenger." ﴿٩٥﴾

[17:96] Say, "GOD suffices as a witness between me and you. He is fully Cognizant of His worshipers, Seer."

قُلْqulSay,كَفَىٰkafā"Sufficientبِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Godشَهِيدًۢاshahīdan(as) a witnessبَيْنِىbaynībetween meوَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakumand between you [all].إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, Heكَانَkāna[He] wasبِعِبَادِهِۦbiʿibādihiof His worshipersخَبِيرًۢاkhabīranCognizant,بَصِيرًاbaṣīranSeer." ﴿٩٦﴾

[17:97] Whomever GOD guides is the truly guided one. And whomever He sends astray, you will never find for them any lords and masters beside Him. We will summon them on the Day of Resurrection forcibly; blind, dumb, and deaf. Their destination is Hell; whenever it cools down, we will increase their fire.

وَمَنwamanAnd whoeverيَهْدِyahdi[He] guidesٱللَّهُl-lahuGodفَهُوَfahuwathen he (is)ٱلْمُهْتَدِl-muh'tadithe guided one;وَمَنwamanand whoeverيُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astrayفَلَنfalanthen neverتَجِدَtajidayou findلَهُمْlahumfor themأَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors / lords and mastersمِنminfromدُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him.وَنَحْشُرُهُمْwanaḥshuruhumAnd we summon themيَوْمَyawma(on the) Day (of)ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatithe Resurrectionعَلَىٰʿalāuponوُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir facesعُمْيًاʿum'yanblindوَبُكْمًاwabuk'manand dumbوَصُمًّاwaṣummanand deaf.مَّأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhumTheir abode (is)جَهَنَّمُjahannamuHell;كُلَّمَاkullamāevery timeخَبَتْkhabatit subsided,زِدْنَـٰهُمْzid'nāhumwe increased for themسَعِيرًاsaʿīran(the) blazing fire. ﴿٩٧﴾

[17:98] Such is their just retribution, since they rejected our revelations. They said, "After we turn into bones and fragments, do we get resurrected into a new creation?"

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)جَزَآؤُهُمjazāuhumtheir requitalبِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause theyكَفَرُوا۟kafarū[they] disbelievedبِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin our verses / revelationsوَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūand they said,أَءِذَاa-idhā"What! Whenكُنَّاkunnāwe becameعِظَـٰمًاʿiẓāmanbonesوَرُفَـٰتًاwarufātanand fragments,أَءِنَّاa-innāwill we (be)لَمَبْعُوثُونَlamabʿūthūnasurely those resurrectedخَلْقًاkhalqan(as) a creationجَدِيدًاjadīdannew." ﴿٩٨﴾

[17:99] Could they not see that the GOD who created the heavens and the earth, is able to create the same creations? He has predetermined for them an irrevocable life span? Yet, the disbelievers insist upon disbelieving.

أَوَلَمْawalamDo notيَرَوْا۟yarawthey seeأَنَّannathatٱللَّهَl-lahaGod,ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoخَلَقَkhalaqaHe createdٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthقَادِرٌqādirun(is) ableعَلَىٰٓʿalā[for]أَنanthatيَخْلُقَyakhluqaHe createمِثْلَهُمْmith'lahum(the) same as them?وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaAnd He madeلَهُمْlahumfor themأَجَلًاajalana determined term,لَّاlānoرَيْبَraybadoubtفِيهِfīhiabout it.فَأَبَىfa-abāBut [he] refusedٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoersإِلَّاillāexceptكُفُورًاkufūrandisbelief. ﴿٩٩﴾

[17:100] Proclaim, "If you possessed my Lord's treasures of mercy, you would have withheld them, fearing that you might exhaust them. The human being is stingy."

قُلqulSay,لَّوْlaw"Ifأَنتُمْantumyou [all]تَمْلِكُونَtamlikūna[you all] possessخَزَآئِنَkhazāina(the) treasures (of)رَحْمَةِraḥmati(the) mercy (of)رَبِّىٓrabbīmy Lord,إِذًاidhanthenلَّأَمْسَكْتُمْla-amsaktumsurely you [all] would have withheldخَشْيَةَkhashyata(from) fear (of)ٱلْإِنفَاقِl-infāqi[the] spending / exhausting."وَكَانَwakānaAnd [he] becameٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuthe man / human beingقَتُورًاqatūranstingy. ﴿١٠٠﴾

[17:101] We supported Moses with nine profound miracles - ask the Children of Israel. When he went to them, Pharaoh said to him, "I think that you, Moses, are bewitched."

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainlyءَاتَيْنَاātaynāwe gaveمُوسَىٰmūsāMosesتِسْعَtis'ʿanineءَايَـٰتٍۭāyātinmiraclesبَيِّنَـٰتٍbayyinātinprofound,فَسْـَٔلْfasalso askبَنِىٓbanī(the) Children (of) إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael.إِذْidhWhenجَآءَهُمْjāahumhe came to them,فَقَالَfaqālathen [he] saidلَهُۥlahuto himفِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuPharaoh,إِنِّىinnī"Indeed, Iلَأَظُنُّكَla-aẓunnuka[I] surely think youيَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsāO Moses!مَسْحُورًاmasḥūranone who is bewitched." ﴿١٠١﴾

[17:102] He said, "You know full well that no one can manifest these except, obviously, the Lord of the heavens and the earth. I think that you, Pharaoh, are doomed."

قَالَqālaHe said,لَقَدْlaqad"Verily,عَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou knewمَآmānotأَنزَلَanzala[he] sent down / revealedهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāitheseإِلَّاillāexceptرَبُّrabbu(the) Lord (of)ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earthبَصَآئِرَbaṣāira(as) enlightenment / evidence,وَإِنِّىwa-innīand indeed, Iلَأَظُنُّكَla-aẓunnuka[I] surely think you (are)يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُyāfir'ʿawnuO Pharaohمَثْبُورًاmathbūranone who is doomed." ﴿١٠٢﴾

[17:103] When he pursued them, as he chased them out of the land, we drowned him, together with those who sided with him, all of them.

فَأَرَادَfa-arādaSo he intended / pursuedأَنanthatيَسْتَفِزَّهُمyastafizzahumhe seek to scare / expel / chase them outمِّنَminafromٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land,فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُfa-aghraqnāhubut we drowned himوَمَنwamanand who (were)مَّعَهُۥmaʿahuwith himجَمِيعًاjamīʿanall. ﴿١٠٣﴾

[17:104] And we said to the Children of Israel afterwards, "Go live in this land. When the final prophecy comes to pass, we will summon you all in one group."

وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd we saidمِنۢminfromبَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter himلِبَنِىٓlibanīto (the) Children (of)إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlaIsrael,ٱسْكُنُوا۟us'kunū"Dwell [you all]ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(in) the land,فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen when [in the future]جَآءَjāa[it] cameوَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise / prophecy (of)ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter / last / final,جِئْنَاji'nāwe (will) bringبِكُمْbikumwith you [all]لَفِيفًاlafīfan(as) a mixed crowd." ﴿١٠٤﴾

[17:105] Truthfully, we sent it down, and with the truth it came down. We did not send you except as a bearer of good news, as well as a warner.

وَبِٱلْحَقِّwabil-ḥaqiAnd with the truthأَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhuwe sent it down,وَبِٱلْحَقِّwabil-ḥaqiand with the truthنَزَلَnazalait descended / came down.وَمَآwamāAnd notأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَarsalnākawe sent youإِلَّاillāexcept (as)مُبَشِّرًاmubashirana bearer of good newsوَنَذِيرًاwanadhīranand a warner. ﴿١٠٥﴾

[17:106] A Quran that we have released slowly, in order for you to read it to the people over a long period, although we sent it down all at once.

وَقُرْءَانًاwaqur'ānanAnd a Quran / recitationفَرَقْنَـٰهُfaraqnāhuwe sectionalized / divided it,لِتَقْرَأَهُۥlitaqra-ahuthat you may recite / read itعَلَىʿalātoٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe peopleعَلَىٰʿalāatمُكْثٍmuk'thinintervals.وَنَزَّلْنَـٰهُwanazzalnāhuAnd we revealed itتَنزِيلًاtanzīlan(in one) Revelation. ﴿١٠٦﴾

[17:107] Proclaim, "Believe in it, or do not believe in it." Those who possess knowledge from the previous scriptures, when it is recited to them, they fall down to their chins, prostrating.

قُلْqulSay / Proclaim,ءَامِنُوا۟āminū"Believe [you all] بِهِۦٓbihiin itأَوْaworلَاlā(do) notتُؤْمِنُوٓا۟tu'minūyou [all] believe.إِنَّinnaIndeed,ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoأُوتُوا۟ūtū[they] were givenٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledgeمِنminfromقَبْلِهِۦٓqablihibefore it,إِذَاidhāwhenيُتْلَىٰyut'lāit is recitedعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them,يَخِرُّونَyakhirrūnathey fall downلِلْأَذْقَانِlil'adhqānion the chinsسُجَّدًاsujjadan(in) prostration." ﴿١٠٧﴾

[17:108] They say, "Glory be to our Lord. This fulfills our Lord's prophecy."

وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say,سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥāna"Glory be toرَبِّنَآrabbināour Lord!إِنinIndeed,كَانَkāna[it] wasوَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promiseرَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lordلَمَفْعُولًاlamafʿūlansurely fulfilled." ﴿١٠٨﴾

[17:109] They fall down on their chins, prostrating and weeping. For it augments their reverence.

وَيَخِرُّونَwayakhirrūnaAnd they fallلِلْأَذْقَانِlil'adhqānion the chinsيَبْكُونَyabkūna[they] weeping,وَيَزِيدُهُمْwayazīduhumand it augments theirخُشُوعًاkhushūʿanhumility / reverence. ﴿١٠٩﴾

[17:110] Say, "Call Him GOD, or call Him Most Gracious; whichever name you use, to Him belongs the best names." You shall not utter your Contact Prayers (Salat) too loudly, nor secretly; use a moderate tone.

قُلِquliSay,ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿū"Invoke / call [you all]ٱللَّهَl-lahaGodأَوِawiorٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūinvoke / call [you all]ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَl-raḥmāna(the) Most Gracious.أَيًّاayyanBy / whicheverمَّاmāwhatever (name)تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūyou [all] invoke,فَلَهُfalahuthen to Him (belongs)ٱلْأَسْمَآءُl-asmāuthe namesٱلْحُسْنَىٰl-ḥus'nāthe best.وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتَجْهَرْtajharyou be loudبِصَلَاتِكَbiṣalātikain your Contact Prayers (Salat)وَلَاwalāand notتُخَافِتْtukhāfityou be silent / hushed voiceبِهَاbihātherein,وَٱبْتَغِwa-ib'taghibut seekبَيْنَbaynabetweenذَٰلِكَdhālikathatسَبِيلًاsabīlana way." ﴿١١٠﴾

[17:111] And proclaim: "Praise be to GOD, who has never begotten a son, nor does He have a partner in His kingship, nor does He need any ally out of weakness," and magnify Him constantly.

وَقُلِwaquliAnd say,ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu"All praise beلِلَّهِlillahito Godٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One whoلَمْlamnotيَتَّخِذْyattakhidhHe takesوَلَدًاwaladana sonوَلَمْwalamand notيَكُنyakunthere isلَّهُۥlahufor Himشَرِيكٌsharīkuna partnerفِىfīinٱلْمُلْكِl-mul'kithe dominion / kingship,وَلَمْwalamand notيَكُنyakunit isلَّهُۥlahufor Himوَلِىٌّwaliyyunany protector / allyمِّنَmina(out) ofٱلذُّلِّl-dhuli[the] weakness.وَكَبِّرْهُwakabbir'huAnd magnify Himتَكْبِيرًۢاtakbīran(with all) magnificence (constantly)." ﴿١١١﴾

Sura 17: Banî Israel (The Children of Israel) بني إسرءيل

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