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Bani
Isra'il; The Children of Israel
Surah 17 (Chapter 17); 111 Verses
Makki ; Revealed at Mecca
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1. Glory to (Allah)
Who did take His Servant for Journey by night from the
Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose precincts We did
Bless in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for
He is the one Who heareth and seeth (all things).
2. We gave Moses the Book and made it a Guide to the
Children of Israel (commanding): "Take not other than Me as
Disposer of (your) affairs."
3. O ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the
Ark) with Noah! verily he was a devotee most grateful.
4. And We gave (clear) warning to the Children of Israel in
the Book that twice would they do mischief on the earth and
be elated with mighty arrogance (and twice would they be
punished)!
5. When the first of the warnings came to pass We sent
against you Our servants given to terrible warfare: They
entered the very inmost parts of your homes; and it was a
warning (completely) fulfilled.
6. Then did We grant you the Return as against them: We gave
you increase in resources and sons and made you the more
numerous in manpower.
7. If ye did well ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil
(ye did it) against yourselves; so when the second of the
warnings came to pass (We permitted your enemies) to
disfigure your faces and to enter your Temple as they had
entered if before and to visit with destruction all that
fell into their power.
8. It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy unto you;
but if ye revert (to your sins) We shall revert (to Our
punishments): and We have made Hell a prison for those who
reject (all Faith).
9. Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right
(or stable) and giveth the glad tidings to the Believers who
work deeds of righteousness that they shall have a
magnificent reward;
10. And to those who believe not in the Hereafter (it
announceth) that We have prepared for them a Penalty
grievous (indeed).
Section 2
11. The prayer that man should make for good he maketh for
evil: for man is given to hasty (deeds).
12. We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our)
Signs: the Sign of the Night have We obscured while the Sign
of the day We have made to enlighten you; that ye may seek
Bounty from your Lord and that ye may know the number and
count of the years: all things have We explained in detail.
13. Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: on
the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll
which he will see spread open.
14. (It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record:
sufficient is thy soul this day to make out an account
against thee."
15. Who receiveth guidance receiveth it for his own benefit:
who goeth astray doth so tho his own loss: no bearer of
burdens can bear the burden of another: nor would We visit
with Our Wrath until We had sent an apostle (to give
warning).
16. When We decide to destroy a population We (first) send a
definite order to those among them who are given the good
things of this life and yet transgress; so that the word is
proved true against them: then (it is) We destroy them
utterly.
17. How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? And
enough is thy Lord to note and see the sins of His servants.
18. If any do wish for the transitory things (of this life)
We readily grant them such things as We will to such persons
as We will: in the end have We provided Hell for them: they
will burn therein disgraced and rejected.
19. Those who do wish for the (things of) the Hereafter and
strive therefor with all due striving and have Faith they
are the ones whose striving is acceptable (to Allah).
20. Of the bounties of thy Lord We bestow freely on all
these as well as those: the bounties of thy Lord are not
closed (to anyone).
21. See how We have bestowed more on some than on others;
but verily the Hereafter is more in rank and gradation and
more in excellence.
22. Take not with Allah another object of worship; or thou
(O man!) wilt sit in disgrace and destitution.
Section 3
23. Thy Lord hath decreed that ye worship none but Him and
that ye be kind to parents. Whether one or both of them
attain old age in thy life say not to them a word of
contempt nor repel them but address them in terms of honor.
24. And out of kindness lower to them the wing of humility
and say: "My Lord! bestow on them Thy Mercy even as they
cherished me in childhood."
25. Your Lord knoweth best what is in your hearts: if ye do
deeds of righteousness verily He is Most Forgiving to those
who turn to Him again and again (in true penitence).
26. And render to the kindred their due rights as (also) to
those in want and to the wayfarer: but squander not (your
wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift.
27. Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and
the Evil One is to his Lord (Himself) ungrateful.
28. And even if thou hast to turn away from them in pursuit
of the Mercy from thy Lord which thou dost expect yet speak
to them a word of easy kindness.
29. Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck
nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach so that thou become
blameworthy and destitute.
30. Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in abundance for
whom He pleaseth and He provideth in a just measure: for He
doth know and regard all His servants.
Section 4
31. Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall
provide sustenance for them as well as for you: verily the
killing of them is a great sin.
32. Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed)
and an evil opening the road (to other evils).
33. Nor take life which Allah has made sacred except for
just cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully We have given
his heir authority (to demand Qisas or to forgive): but let
him not exceed bounds in the matter of taking life: for he
is helped (by the Law).
34. Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve
it until he attains the age of full strength; and fulfil
(every) engagement for (every) engagement will be enquired
into (on the Day of Reckoning).
35. Give full measure when ye measure and weigh with a
balance that is straight: that is the most fitting and the
most advantageous in the final determination.
36. And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for
every act of hearing or of seeing or of (feeling in) the
heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
37. Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not
rend the earth asunder nor reach the mountains in height.
38. Of all such things the evil is hateful in the sight of
thy Lord.
39. These are among the (precepts of) wisdom which thy Lord
Has revealed to thee. Take not with Allah another object of
worship lest thou shouldst be thrown into Hell blameworthy
and rejected.
40. Has then your Lord (O Pagans!) preferred for you sons
and taken for Himself daughters among the angels? Truly ye
utter a most dreadful saying!
Section 5
41. We have explained (things) in various (ways) in this
Qur'an in order that they may receive admonition but it only
increases their flight (from the Truth)!
42. Say: if there had been (other) gods with Him as they say
behold they would certainly have sought out a way to the
Lord of the Throne!
43. Glory to him! He is high above all that they say!
Exalted and Great (beyond measure)!
44. The seven heavens and the earth and all beings therein
declare His glory: there not a thing but celebrates His
praise; and yet ye understand not how they declare His
glory! Verily He is Oft- Forbearing Most Forgiving!
45. When thou dost recite the Qur'an We put between thee and
those who believe not in the Hereafter a veil invisible:
46. And We put coverings over their hearts (and minds) lest
they should understand the Qur'an and deafness into their
ears: when thou dost commemorate thy Lord and Him alone in
the Qur'an they turn on their backs fleeing (from the
Truth).
47. We know best why it is they listen when they listen to
thee; and when they meet in private conference Behold the
wicked say "Ye follow none other than a man bewitched!"
48. See what similes thy strike for thee; but they have gone
astray and never can they find a way.
49. They say: "What! when we are reduced to bones and dust
should we really be raised up (to be) a new creation?"
50. Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron
51. "Or created matter which in your minds is hardest (to be
raised up)- -(yet shall ye be raised up)!" Then will they
say: "Who will cause us to return?" Say: "He Who created you
first!" Then will they wag their heads towards thee and say
"When will that be?" Say "Maybe it will be quite soon!
52. "It will be on a Day when He will call you and ye will
answer (His call) with (words of) His praise and ye will
think that ye tarried but a little while!"
Section 6
53. Say to My servants that they should (only) say those
things that are best: for Satan doth sow dissensions among
them: for Satan is to man an avowed enemy.
54. It is your Lord that knoweth you best: if He please He
granteth you mercy or if He please punishment: We have not
sent thee to be a disposer of their affairs for them.
55. And it is your Lord that knoweth best all beings that
are in the heavens and on earth: We did bestow on some
Prophets more (and other) gifts than on others: and We gave
to David (the gift of) the Psalms.
56. Say: "Call on those besides Him whom ye fancy: they have
neither the power to remove your troubles from you nor to
change them."
57. Those whom they call upon do desire (for themselves)
means of access to their Lord even those who are nearest:
they hope for His Mercy and fear His Wrath: for the Wrath of
thy Lord is something to take heed of.
58. There is not a population but We shall destroy it before
the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty:
that is written in the (eternal) Record.
59. And We refrain from sending the Signs only because the
men of former generations treated them as false: We sent the
She-camel: to the Thamud to open their eyes but they treated
her wrongfully: We only send the Signs by way of terror (and
warning from evil).
60. Behold! We told thee that thy Lord doth encompass
mankind round about: We granted the Vision which We showed
thee but as a trial for men as also the Cursed Tree
(mentioned) in the Qur'an: We put terror (and warning) into
them but it only increases their inordinate transgression!
Section 7
61. Behold! We said to the angels: "Bow down unto Adam":
they bowed down except Iblis: he said "Shall I bow down to
one whom Thou didst create from clay?"
62. He said "Seest Thou? This is the one whom thou hast
honored above me! If Thou wilt but respite me to the Day of
Judgment I will surely bring his descendants under my sway
all but a few!"
63. Allah said: "Go thy way; if any of them follow thee
verily Hell will be the recompense of you (all) an ample
recompense.
64. "Lead to destruction those whom thou canst among them
with thy (seductive) voice; make assaults on them with thy
cavalry and thy infantry; mutually share with them wealth
and children; and make promises to them. But Satan promises
them nothing but deceit.
65. "As for My servants no authority shalt thou have over
them." Enough is thy Lord for a Disposer of affairs.
66. Your Lord is He that maketh the Ship go smoothly for you
through the sea in order that ye may seek of His Bounty: for
He is unto you Most Merciful.
67. When distress seizes you at sea those that ye call upon
besides Himself leave you in the lurch! But when He brings
you back safe to land ye turn away (from Him). Most
ungrateful is man!
68. Do ye then feel secure that He will not cause you to be
swallowed up beneath the earth when ye are on land or that
He will not send against you a violent tornado (with showers
of stones) so that ye shall find no one to carry out your
affairs for you?
69. Or do ye feel secure that He will not send you back a
second time to sea and send against you a heavy gale to
drown you because of your ingratitude so that ye find no
helper therein against Us?
70. We have honored the sons of Adam; provided them with
transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things
good and pure; and conferred on them special favors above a
great part of Our Creation.
Section 8
71. One day We shall call together all human beings with
their (respective) Imams: those who are given their record
in their right hand will read it (with pleasure) and they
will not be dealt with unjustly in the least.
72. But those who were blind in this world will be blind in
the Hereafter and most astray from the Path.
73. And their purpose was to tempt thee away from that which
We had revealed unto thee to substitute in Our name
something quite different: (in that case) behold! they would
certainly have made thee (their) friend!
74. And had We not given thee strength thou wouldst nearly
have inclined to them a little.
75. In that case We should have made thee taste an equal
portion (of punishment) in this life and an equal portion in
death: and moreover thou wouldst have found none to help
thee against Us!
76. Their purpose was to scare thee off the land in order to
expel thee; but in that case they would not have stayed
(therein) after thee except for a little while.
77. (This was Our) way with the apostles We sent before
thee: thou wilt find no change in Our ways.
Section 9
78. Establish regular prayers at the sun's decline till the
darkness of the night and the morning prayer and reading:
for the prayer and reading in the morning carry their
testimony.
79. And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would
be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee:
soon will thy Lord raise thee to a station of Praise and
Glory!
80. Say: "O my Lord! let my entry be by the Gate of Truth
and Honor and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and
Honor; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid
(me)."
81. And say: "Truth has (now) arrived and Falsehood
perished: for Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."
82. We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which
is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust
it causes nothing but loss after loss.
83. Yet when We bestow Our favors on man he turns away and
becomes remote on his side (instead of coming to Us) and
when Evil seizes him he gives himself up to despair!
84. Say: "Everyone acts according to his own disposition:
but your Lord knows best who it is that is best guided on
the Way."
Section 10
85. They ask thee concerning the Spirit (of inspiration).
Say: "The Spirit (cometh) by command of my Lord: of
knowledge it is only a little that is communicated to you (O
men!)
86. If it were Our Will We could take away that which We
have sent thee by inspiration: then would thou find none to
plead thy affair in that matter as against Us
87. Except for Mercy from thy Lord: for His Bounty is to
thee (indeed) great.
88. Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather
together to produce the like of this Qur'an they could not
produce the like thereof even if they backed up each other
with help and support.
89. And We have explained to man in this Qur'an every kind
of similitude: yet the grater part of men refuse (to receive
it) except with ingratitude!
90. They say: "We shall not believe in thee until thou cause
spring to gush forth for us from the earth
91. "Or (until) thou have a garden of date trees and vines
and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst carrying
abundant water;
92. "Or thou cause the sky to fall in pieces as thou sayest
(will happen) against us; or thou bring Allah and the angels
before (us) face to face;
93. "Or thou have a house adorned with gold or thou mount a
ladder right into the skies. No we shall not even believe in
thy mounting until thou send down to us a book that we could
read." Say: "Glory to my Lord! am I aught but a man an
apostle?"
Section 11
94. What kept men back from Belief when Guidance came to
them was nothing but this: they said "Has Allah sent a man
like us) to be (His) Apostle?"
95. Say "If there were settled on earth angels walking about
in peace and quiet We should certainly have sent them down
from the heavens an angel for an apostle."
96. Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you:
for He is well- acquainted with His servants and He sees
(all things)."
97. It is he whom Allah guides that is on true guidance; but
he whom He leaves astray for such wilt thou find no
protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall
gather them together prone on their faces blind dumb and
deaf: their abode will be Hell: every time it shows
abatement We shall increase for them the fierceness of the
Fire.
98. That is their recompense because they rejected Our Signs
and said "When we are reduced to bones and broken dust
should we really be raised up (to be) a new Creation?"
99. See they not that Allah Who created the heavens and the
earth has power to create the like of them (anew)? Only He
has decreed a term appointed of which there is no doubt. But
the unjust refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude.
100. Say: "If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy
of my Lord behold ye would keep them back for fear of
spending them: for man is (ever) niggardly!"
Section 12
101. To Moses We did give nine Clear Signs: ask the Children
of Israel: when he came to them Pharaoh said to him: "O
Moses! I consider thee indeed to have been worked upon by
sorcery!"
102. Moses said "Thou knowest well that these things have
been sent down by none but the Lord of the heavens and the
earth as eye-opening evidence: and I consider thee indeed O
Pharaoh to be one doomed to destruction!"
103. So he resolved to remove them from the face of the
earth: but We did drown him and all who were with him.
104. And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel "Dwell
securely in the land (of promise)": but when the second of
the warnings came to pass We gathered you together in a
mingled crowd.
105. We sent down the (Qur'an) in Truth and in Truth has it
descended: and We sent thee but to give Glad Tidings and to
warn (sinners).
106. (It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from
time to time) in order that thou mightest recite it to men
at intervals: We have revealed it by stages.
107. Say: "Whether ye believe in it or not it is true that
those who were given knowledge beforehand when it is recited
to them fall down on their faces in humble prostration"
108. And say: "Glory to our Lord! truly has the promise of
our Lord been fulfilled!"
109. They fall down on their faces in tears and it increases
their (earnest) humility.
110. Say: "Call upon Allah or call upon Rahman: by whatever
name ye call upon Him (it is well): for to Him belong the
Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud nor
speak it in a low tone but seek a middle course between."
111. Say: "Praise be to Allah Who begets no son and has no
partner in (His) dominion: nor (needs) He any to protect Him
from humiliation: Yea magnify Him for His greatness and
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