Revealed in the late Makkan period just prior to the migration to Madinah, Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey), also known as Surah Bani Isra'il, opens by commemorating one of the most extraordinary miracles in Islamic history: the Prophet Muhammad's (ﷺ) physical and spiritual journey from Makkah to Jerusalem and his subsequent ascension to the heavens. Sent down as an immense source of divine consolation following years of severe persecution and grief, this chapter establishes a profound historical link between the final Prophet and the legacy of previous messengers by detailing the rise, corruption, and divine retributions faced by the Children of Israel in the Holy Land. A central pillar of the Surah is a deeply foundational legislative section—often referred to as the Islamic "Ten Commandments"—which outlines a comprehensive moral and social code for the soon-to-be-established society in Madinah. It commands absolute monotheism, profound tenderness and respect toward aging parents, economic fairness, and the protection of orphans, while strictly prohibiting infanticide, adultery, and walking upon the earth with arrogance. Ultimately, the chapter addresses the impenetrable mystery of the human soul, explicitly challenges all of humanity and jinn to replicate even a fraction of the Quran, and powerfully reminds mankind that every individual's actions are inextricably tied to their own neck, culminating in a deeply personal accountability on the Day of Judgment when they will be commanded to read their own book of deeds.
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Subhana allathee asra biAAabdihi laylan mina almasjidi alharami ila almasjidi alaqsa allathee barakna hawlahu linuriyahu min ayatina innahu huwa alssameeAAu albaseeru
Translation
Glory to Him who journeyed His servant by night, from the Sacred Mosque, to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts We have blessed, in order to show him of Our wonders. He is the Listener, the Beholder
Commemorates the miraculous Night Journey ('Al-Isra wal-Mi'raj') that took place roughly one year before the Hijrah. In a single night, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and from there ascended through the heavens into the divine presence.
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Waatayna moosa alkitaba wajaAAalnahu hudan libanee israeela alla tattakhithoo min doonee wakeelan
Translation
And We gave Moses the Scripture, and made it a guide for the Children of Israel: Take none for protector other than Me
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Thurriyyata man hamalna maAAa noohin innahu kana AAabdan shakooran
Translation
The descendants of those We carried with Noah. He was an appreciative servant
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Waqadayna ila banee israeela fee alkitabi latufsidunna fee alardi marratayni walataAAlunna AAuluwwan kabeeran
Translation
And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture: You will commit evil on earth twice, and you will rise to a great height
Points to historical prophecies concerning the Children of Israel: foretelling two distinct epochs of widespread corruption followed by foreign conquerors crushing their realm—traditionally associated with the Babylonian destruction by Nebuchadnezzar and later the Roman destruction by Titus.
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Faitha jaa waAAdu oolahuma baAAathna AAalaykum AAibadan lana olee basin shadeedin fajasoo khilala alddiyari wakana waAAdan mafAAoolan
Translation
When the first of the two promises came true, We sent against you servants of Ours, possessing great might, and they ransacked your homes. It was a promise fulfilled
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Thumma radadna lakumu alkarrata AAalayhim waamdadnakum biamwalin wabaneena wajaAAalnakum akthara nafeeran
Translation
Then We gave you back your turn against them, and supplied you with wealth and children, and made you more numerous
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In ahsantum ahsantum lianfusikum wain asatum falaha faitha jaa waAAdu alakhirati liyasoooo wujoohakum waliyadkhuloo almasjida kama dakhaloohu awwala marratin waliyutabbiroo ma AAalaw tatbeeran
Translation
If you work righteousness, you work righteousness for yourselves; and if you commit evil, you do so against yourselves. Then, when the second promise comes true, they will make your faces filled with sorrow, and enter the Temple as they entered it the first time, and utterly destroy all that falls into their power
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AAasa rabbukum an yarhamakum wain AAudtum AAudna wajaAAalna jahannama lilkafireena haseeran
Translation
Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you. But if you revert, We will revert. We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers
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Inna hatha alqurana yahdee lillatee hiya aqwamu wayubashshiru almumineena allatheena yaAAmaloona alssalihati anna lahum ajran kabeeran
Translation
This Quran guides to what is most upright; and it gives good news to the believers who do good deeds, that they will have a great reward
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Waanna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati aAAtadna lahum AAathaban aleeman
Translation
And those who do not believe in the Hereafter—We have prepared for them a painful punishment
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WayadAAu alinsanu bialshsharri duAAaahu bialkhayri wakana alinsanu AAajoolan
Translation
The human being prays for evil as he prays for good. The human being is very hasty
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WajaAAalna allayla waalnnahara ayatayni famahawna ayata allayli wajaAAalna ayata alnnahari mubsiratan litabtaghoo fadlan min rabbikum walitaAAlamoo AAadada alssineena waalhisaba wakulla shayin fassalnahu tafseelan
Translation
We have made the night and the day two wonders. We erased the wonder of the night, and made the wonder of the day revealing, that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and know the number of years, and the calculation. We have explained all things in detail
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Wakulla insanin alzamnahu tairahu fee AAunuqihi wanukhriju lahu yawma alqiyamati kitaban yalqahu manshooran
Translation
For every person We have attached his fate to his neck. And on the Day of Resurrection, We will bring out for him a book which he will find spread open
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Iqra kitabaka kafa binafsika alyawma AAalayka haseeban
Translation
“Read your book; today there will be none but yourself to call you to account.”
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Mani ihtada fainnama yahtadee linafsihi waman dalla fainnama yadillu AAalayha wala taziru waziratun wizra okhra wama kunna muAAaththibeena hatta nabAAatha rasoolan
Translation
Whoever is guided—is guided for his own good. And whoever goes astray—goes astray to his detriment. No burdened soul carries the burdens of another, nor do We ever punish until We have sent a messenger
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Waitha aradna an nuhlika qaryatan amarna mutrafeeha fafasaqoo feeha fahaqqa AAalayha alqawlu fadammarnaha tadmeeran
Translation
When We decide to destroy a town, We command its affluent ones, they transgress in it, so the word becomes justified against it, and We destroy it completely
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Wakam ahlakna mina alqurooni min baAAdi noohin wakafa birabbika bithunoobi AAibadihi khabeeran baseeran
Translation
How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? Your Lord is sufficient as Knower and Beholder of the sins of his servants
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Man kana yureedu alAAajilata AAajjalna lahu feeha ma nashao liman nureedu thumma jaAAalna lahu jahannama yaslaha mathmooman madhooran
Translation
Whoever desires the fleeting life, We expedite for him what We decide to give him, to whomever We desire. Then We consign him to Hell, where he will roast, condemned and defeated
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Waman arada alakhirata wasaAAa laha saAAyaha wahuwa muminun faolaika kana saAAyuhum mashkooran
Translation
But whoever desires the Hereafter, and pursues it as it should be pursued, while he is a believer; these—their effort will be appreciated
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Kullan numiddu haolai wahaolai min AAatai rabbika wama kana AAatao rabbika mahthooran
Translation
To all—these and those—We extend from the gifts of your Lord. The gifts of your Lord are not restricted
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Onthur kayfa faddalna baAAdahum AAala baAAdin walalakhiratu akbaru darajatin waakbaru tafdeelan
Translation
See how We have favored some of them over others; yet the Hereafter is greater in ranks, and greater in favors
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La tajAAal maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fataqAAuda mathmooman makhthoolan
Translation
Do not set up another god with God, lest you become condemned and damned
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Waqada rabbuka alla taAAbudoo illa iyyahu wabialwalidayni ihsanan imma yablughanna AAindaka alkibara ahaduhuma aw kilahuma fala taqul lahuma offin wala tanharhuma waqul lahuma qawlan kareeman
Translation
Your Lord has commanded that you worship none but Him, and that you be good to your parents. If either of them or both of them reach old age with you, do not say to them a word of disrespect, nor scold them, but say to them kind words
Establishes supreme moral duties toward elderly parents: believers are commanded never to utter even 'uff' (the faintest sound of annoyance or irritation), forbidding disrespect and commanding gentle, loving honor.
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Waikhfid lahuma janaha alththulli mina alrrahmati waqul rabbi irhamhuma kama rabbayanee sagheeran
Translation
And lower to them the wing of humility, out of mercy, and say, “My Lord, have mercy on them, as they raised me when I was a child.”
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Rabbukum aAAlamu bima fee nufoosikum in takoonoo saliheena fainnahu kana lilawwabeena ghafooran
Translation
Your Lord knows best what is in your minds. If you are righteous—He is Forgiving to the obedient
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Waati tha alqurba haqqahu waalmiskeena waibna alssabeeli wala tubaththir tabtheeran
Translation
And give the relative his rights, and the poor, and the wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully
Warns against reckless extravagance and conspicuous consumerism, characterizing those who squander their wealth on vanity and harm as spiritual brethren of the devils.
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Inna almubaththireena kanoo ikhwana alshshayateeni wakana alshshaytanu lirabbihi kafooran
Translation
The extravagant are brethren of the devils, and the devil is ever ungrateful to his Lord
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Waimma tuAAridanna AAanhumu ibtighaa rahmatin min rabbika tarjooha faqul lahum qawlan maysooran
Translation
But if you turn away from them, seeking mercy from your Lord which you hope for, then say to them words of comfort
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Wala tajAAal yadaka maghloolatan ila AAunuqika wala tabsutha kulla albasti fataqAAuda malooman mahsooran
Translation
And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor spread it out fully, lest you end up liable and regretful
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Inna rabbaka yabsutu alrrizqa liman yashao wayaqdiru innahu kana biAAibadihi khabeeran baseeran
Translation
Your Lord expands the provision for whomever He wills, and restricts it. He is fully Informed, Observant of His servants
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Wala taqtuloo awladakum khashyata imlaqin nahnu narzuquhum waiyyakum inna qatlahum kana khitan kabeeran
Translation
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them, and for you. Killing them is a grave sin
Prohibits the desperate pre-Islamic practice of aborting or killing children due to poverty, assuring parents that God guarantees sustenance for both generations.
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Wala taqraboo alzzina innahu kana fahishatan wasaa sabeelan
Translation
And do not come near adultery. It is immoral, and an evil way
Notice the precise phrasing: 'Do not even approach adultery/fornication (Zina).' Rather than simply forbidding the physical act, Islam prohibits all preludes, illicit intimacies, and situations that entice one toward it.
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Wala taqtuloo alnnafsa allatee harrama Allahu illa bialhaqqi waman qutila mathlooman faqad jaAAalna liwaliyyihi sultanan fala yusrif fee alqatli innahu kana mansooran
Translation
And do not kill the soul which God has made sacred, except in the course of justice. If someone is killed unjustly, We have given his next of kin certain authority. But he should not be excessive in killing, for he will be supported
Prohibits vigilante revenge killings, establishing that while the family of an innocent victim possesses legal rights to justice through the judicial system, they must never exceed limits by murdering uninvolved relatives.
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Wala taqraboo mala alyateemi illa biallatee hiya ahsanu hatta yablugha ashuddahu waawfoo bialAAahdi inna alAAahda kana masoolan
Translation
And do not go near the orphan’s property, except with the best of intentions, until he has reached his maturity. And honor your pledge, because the pledge involves responsibility
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Waawfoo alkayla itha kiltum wazinoo bialqistasi almustaqeemi thalika khayrun waahsanu taweelan
Translation
And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with accurate scales. That is fair, and the best determination
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Wala taqfu ma laysa laka bihi AAilmun inna alssamAAa waalbasara waalfuada kullu olaika kana AAanhu masoolan
Translation
And do not occupy yourself with what you have no knowledge of. The hearing, and the sight, and the brains—all these will be questioned
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Wala tamshi fee alardi marahan innaka lan takhriqa alarda walan tablugha aljibala toolan
Translation
And do not walk proudly on earth. You can neither pierce the earth, nor can you match the mountains in height
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Kullu thalika kana sayyiohu AAinda rabbika makroohan
Translation
The evil of all these is disliked by your Lord
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Thalika mimma awha ilayka rabbuka mina alhikmati wala tajAAal maAAa Allahi ilahan akhara fatulqa fee jahannama malooman madhooran
Translation
That is some of the wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. Do not set up with God another god, or else you will be thrown in Hell, rebuked and banished
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Afaasfakum rabbukum bialbaneena waittakhatha mina almalaikati inathan innakum lataqooloona qawlan AAatheeman
Translation
Has your Lord favored you with sons, while choosing for Himself daughters from among the angels? You are indeed saying a terrible thing
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Walaqad sarrafna fee hatha alqurani liyaththakkaroo wama yazeeduhum illa nufooran
Translation
We have explained in this Quran in various ways, that they may remember, but it only adds to their rebellion
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Qul law kana maAAahu alihatun kama yaqooloona ithan laibtaghaw ila thee alAAarshi sabeelan
Translation
Say, “If there were other gods with Him, as they say, they would have sought a way to the Lord of the Throne.”
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Subhanahu wataAAala AAamma yaqooloona AAuluwwan kabeeran
Translation
Be He glorified. He is exalted, far above what they say
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Tusabbihu lahu alssamawatu alssabAAu waalardu waman feehinna wain min shayin illa yusabbihu bihamdihi walakin la tafqahoona tasbeehahum innahu kana haleeman ghafooran
Translation
Praising Him are the seven heavens, and the earth, and everyone in them. There is not a thing that does not glorify Him with praise, but you do not understand their praises. He is indeed Forbearing and Forgiving
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Waitha qarata alqurana jaAAalna baynaka wabayna allatheena la yuminoona bialakhirati hijaban mastooran
Translation
When you read the Quran, We place between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter an invisible barrier
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WajaAAalna AAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihim waqran waitha thakarta rabbaka fee alqurani wahdahu wallaw AAala adbarihim nufooran
Translation
And We drape veils over their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion
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Nahnu aAAlamu bima yastamiAAoona bihi ith yastamiAAoona ilayka waith hum najwa ith yaqoolu alththalimoona in tattabiAAoona illa rajulan mashooran
Translation
We know well what they listen to, when they listen to you, as they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, “You only follow a man bewitched.”
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Onthur kayfa daraboo laka alamthala fadalloo fala yastateeAAoona sabeelan
Translation
Note what they compared you to. They are lost, and unable to find a way
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Waqaloo aitha kunna AAithaman warufatan ainna lamabAAoothoona khalqan jadeedan
Translation
And they say, “When we have become bones and fragments, shall we really be resurrected as a new creation?”
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Qul koonoo hijaratan aw hadeedan
Translation
Say, “Even if you become rocks or iron
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Aw khalqan mimma yakburu fee sudoorikum fasayaqooloona man yuAAeeduna quli allathee fatarakum awwala marratin fasayunghidoona ilayka ruoosahum wayaqooloona mata huwa qul AAasa an yakoona qareeban
Translation
Or some substance, which, in your minds, is even harder.” Then they will say, “Who will restore us?” Say, “The One who originated you the first time.” Then they will nod their heads at you, and say, “When will it be?” Say, “Perhaps it will be soon.”
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Yawma yadAAookum fatastajeeboona bihamdihi watathunnoona in labithtum illa qaleelan
Translation
On the Day when He calls you, you will respond with His praise, and you will realize that you stayed only a little
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Waqul liAAibadee yaqooloo allatee hiya ahsanu inna alshshaytana yanzaghu baynahum inna alshshaytana kana lilinsani AAaduwwan mubeenan
Translation
Tell My servants to say what is best. Satan sows discord among them. Satan is to man an open enemy
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Rabbukum aAAlamu bikum in yasha yarhamkum aw in yasha yuAAaththibkum wama arsalnaka AAalayhim wakeelan
Translation
Your Lord knows you best. If He wills, He will have mercy on you; and if He wills, He will punish you. We did not send you as their advocate
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Warabbuka aAAlamu biman fee alssamawati waalardi walaqad faddalna baAAda alnnabiyyeena AAala baAAdin waatayna dawooda zabooran
Translation
Your Lord knows well everyone in the heavens and the earth. We have given some prophets advantage over others; and to David We gave the Psalms
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Quli odAAu allatheena zaAAamtum min doonihi fala yamlikoona kashfa alddurri AAankum wala tahweelan
Translation
Say, “Call upon those you claim besides Him. They have no power to relieve your adversity, nor can they change it.”
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Olaika allatheena yadAAoona yabtaghoona ila rabbihimu alwaseelata ayyuhum aqrabu wayarjoona rahmatahu wayakhafoona AAathabahu inna AAathaba rabbika kana mahthooran
Translation
Those they call upon are themselves seeking means of access to their Lord, vying to be nearer, and hoping for His mercy, and fearing His punishment. The punishment of your Lord is to be dreaded
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Wain min qaryatin illa nahnu muhlikooha qabla yawmi alqiyamati aw muAAaththibooha AAathaban shadeedan kana thalika fee alkitabi mastooran
Translation
There is no city but We will destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe punishment. This is inscribed in the Book
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Wama manaAAana an nursila bialayati illa an kaththaba biha alawwaloona waatayna thamooda alnnaqata mubsiratan fathalamoo biha wama nursilu bialayati illa takhweefan
Translation
Nothing prevents Us from sending miraculous signs, except that the ancients called them lies. We gave Thamood the she-camel, a visible sign, but they mistreated her. We do not send the signs except to instill reverence
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Waith qulna laka inna rabbaka ahata bialnnasi wama jaAAalna alrruya allatee araynaka illa fitnatan lilnnasi waalshshajarata almalAAoonata fee alqurani wanukhawwifuhum fama yazeeduhum illa tughyanan kabeeran
Translation
We said to you that your Lord encompasses humanity. We did not make the vision We showed you, except as a test for the people, and the tree cursed in the Quran. We frighten them, but that only increases their defiance
Refers to the celestial vision of the Night Journey and the 'Cursed Tree' (the Tree of Zaqqum in Hellfire). Meccan mockers scoffed, jokingly asking how a living tree could sprout from the depths of blazing hellfire.
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Waith qulna lilmalaikati osjudoo liadama fasajadoo illa ibleesa qala aasjudu liman khalaqta teenan
Translation
When We said to the angels, “Bow down before Adam,” they bowed down, except for Satan. He said, “Shall I bow down before someone You created from mud?”
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Qala araaytaka hatha allathee karramta AAalayya lain akhkhartani ila yawmi alqiyamati laahtanikanna thurriyyatahu illa qaleelan
Translation
He said, “Do You see this one whom You have honored more than me? If You reprieve me until the Day of Resurrection, I will bring his descendants under my sway, except for a few.”
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Qala ithhab faman tabiAAaka minhum fainna jahannama jazaokum jazaan mawfooran
Translation
He said, “Begone! Whoever of them follows you—Hell is your reward, an ample reward.”
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Waistafziz mani istataAAta minhum bisawtika waajlib AAalayhim bikhaylika warajlika washarikhum fee alamwali waalawladi waAAidhum wama yaAAiduhumu alshshaytanu illa ghurooran
Translation
“And entice whomever of them you can with your voice, and rally against them your cavalry and your infantry, and share with them in wealth and children, and make promises to them.” But Satan promises them nothing but delusion
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Inna AAibadee laysa laka AAalayhim sultanun wakafa birabbika wakeelan
Translation
“As for My devotees, you have no authority over them.” Your Lord is an adequate Guardian
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Rabbukumu allathee yuzjee lakumu alfulka fee albahri litabtaghoo min fadlihi innahu kana bikum raheeman
Translation
Your Lord is He who propels for you the ships at sea, that you may seek of His bounty. He is towards you Most Merciful
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Waitha massakumu alddurru fee albahri dalla man tadAAoona illa iyyahu falamma najjakum ila albarri aAAradtum wakana alinsanu kafooran
Translation
When harm afflicts you at sea, those you pray to vanish, except for Him. But when He saves you to land, you turn away. The human being is ever thankless
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Afaamintum an yakhsifa bikum janiba albarri aw yursila AAalaykum hasiban thumma la tajidoo lakum wakeelan
Translation
Are you confident that He will not cause a track of land to cave in beneath you, or unleash a tornado against you, and then you find no protector
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Am amintum an yuAAeedakum feehi taratan okhra fayursila AAalaykum qasifan mina alrreehi fayughriqakum bima kafartum thumma la tajidoo lakum AAalayna bihi tabeeAAan
Translation
Or are you confident that He will not return you to it once again, and unleash a hurricane against you, and drown you for your ingratitude? Then you will find no helper against Us
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Walaqad karramna banee adama wahamalnahum fee albarri waalbahri warazaqnahum mina alttayyibati wafaddalnahum AAala katheerin mimman khalaqna tafdeelan
Translation
We have honored the Children of Adam, and carried them on land and sea, and provided them with good things, and greatly favored them over many of those We created
A cornerstone of universal human rights: God explicitly states that He has endowed all human beings with inherent dignity and honor, regardless of race, lineage, or social status.
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Yawma nadAAoo kulla onasin biimamihim faman ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi faolaika yaqraoona kitabahum wala yuthlamoona fateelan
Translation
On the Day when We call every people with their leader. Whoever is given his record in his right hand—these will read their record, and they will not be wronged one bit
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Waman kana fee hathihi aAAma fahuwa fee alakhirati aAAma waadallu sabeelan
Translation
But whoever is blind in this, he will be blind in the Hereafter, and further astray from the way
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Wain kadoo layaftinoonaka AAani allathee awhayna ilayka litaftariya AAalayna ghayrahu waithan laittakhathooka khaleelan
Translation
They almost lured you away from what We have revealed to you, so that you would invent something else in Our name. In that case, they would have taken you for a friend
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Walawla an thabbatnaka laqad kidta tarkanu ilayhim shayan qaleelan
Translation
Had We not given you stability, you might have inclined towards them a little
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Ithan laathaqnaka diAAfa alhayati wadiAAfa almamati thumma la tajidu laka AAalayna naseeran
Translation
Then We would have made you taste double in life, and double at death; then you would have found for yourself no helper against Us
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Wain kadoo layastafizzoonaka mina alardi liyukhrijooka minha waithan la yalbathoona khilafaka illa qaleelan
Translation
They almost provoked you, to expel you from the land. In that case, they would not have lasted after you, except briefly
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Sunnata man qad arsalna qablaka min rusulina wala tajidu lisunnatina tahweelan
Translation
The tradition of the messengers We sent before you—you will find no change in Our rules
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Aqimi alssalata lidulooki alshshamsi ila ghasaqi allayli waqurana alfajri inna qurana alfajri kana mashhoodan
Translation
Perform the prayer at the decline of the sun, until the darkness of the night; and the Quran at dawn. The Quran at dawn is witnessed
Outlines the schedule for the five daily prayers tied to the sun's position: Zuhr and Asr (sun's decline), Maghrib and Isha (darkness of night), and the Dawn prayer (Fajr), which is especially witnessed by shift-changing angels.
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Wamina allayli fatahajjad bihi nafilatan laka AAasa an yabAAathaka rabbuka maqaman mahmoodan
Translation
And keep vigil with it during parts of the night, as an extra prayer. Perhaps your Lord will raise you to a laudable position
Encourages the voluntary late-night vigil prayer ('Tahajjud') and promises the Prophet ﷺ 'Al-Maqam al-Mahmud' (The Praised Station)—the supreme station of intercession on the Day of Judgment.
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Waqul rabbi adkhilnee mudkhala sidqin waakhrijnee mukhraja sidqin waijAAal lee min ladunka sultanan naseeran
Translation
And say, “My Lord, lead me in through an entry of truth, and lead me out through an exit of truth, and grant me from You a supporting power.”
The famous prayer revealed as the Prophet ﷺ prepared to migrate from Mecca to Medina, asking God for an honorable entrance, a truthful departure, and protective authority.
Transliteration
Waqul jaa alhaqqu wazahaqa albatilu inna albatila kana zahooqan
Translation
And say, “The truth has come, and falsehood has withered away; for falsehood is bound to wither away.”
Recited by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ during the peaceful liberation of Mecca in 8 AH as he pointed his staff at the 360 pagan idols surrounding the Ka'bah, causing them to fall to the ground.
Transliteration
Wanunazzilu mina alqurani ma huwa shifaon warahmatun lilmumineena wala yazeedu alththalimeena illa khasaran
Translation
We send down in the Quran healing and mercy for the believers, but it increases the wrongdoers only in loss
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Waitha anAAamna AAala alinsani aAArada wanaa bijanibihi waitha massahu alshsharru kana yaoosan
Translation
When We bless the human being, he turns away and distances himself. But when adversity touches him, he is in despair
Transliteration
Qul kullun yaAAmalu AAala shakilatihi farabbukum aAAlamu biman huwa ahda sabeelan
Translation
Say, “Each does according to his disposition. Your Lord knows best who is better guided in the way.”
Transliteration
Wayasaloonaka AAani alrroohi quli alrroohu min amri rabbee wama ooteetum mina alAAilmi illa qaleelan
Translation
And they ask you about the Spirit. Say, “The Spirit belongs to the domain of my Lord; and you were given only little knowledge.”
Revealed when Meccan pagans, coached by Jewish rabbis, tested the Prophet ﷺ by demanding to know the biological essence of the soul/spirit ('Ruh'). The verse clarifies that the soul is a divine secret whose ultimate nature lies beyond limited human comprehension.
Transliteration
Walain shina lanathhabanna biallathee awhayna ilayka thumma la tajidu laka bihi AAalayna wakeelan
Translation
If We willed, We could take away what We revealed to you. Then you will find for yourself no protecting guardian against Us
Transliteration
Illa rahmatan min rabbika inna fadlahu kana AAalayka kabeeran
Translation
Except through a mercy from your Lord. His favors upon you have been great
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Qul laini ijtamaAAati alinsu waaljinnu AAala an yatoo bimithli hatha alqurani la yatoona bimithlihi walaw kana baAAduhum libaAAdin thaheeran
Translation
Say, “If mankind and jinn came together to produce the like of this Quran, they could never produce the like of it, even if they backed up one another.”
A profound literary challenge: declaring that even if all of humanity and jinn collaborated with their combined genius, they could never produce a book rivaling the Quran's wisdom and eloquence.
Transliteration
Walaqad sarrafna lilnnasi fee hatha alqurani min kulli mathalin faaba aktharu alnnasi illa kufooran
Translation
We have displayed for mankind in this Quran every kind of similitude, but most people insist on denying the truth
Transliteration
Waqaloo lan numina laka hatta tafjura lana mina alardi yanbooAAan
Translation
And they said, “We will not believe in you unless you make a spring burst from the ground for us
Meccan skeptics demanded absurd physical miracles—such as causing rivers to gush through the desert or climbing a physical ladder to heaven to bring back a personalized letter. The Prophet ﷺ was instructed to answer simply: 'Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything but a human messenger?'
Transliteration
Aw takoona laka jannatun min nakheelin waAAinabin fatufajjira alanhara khilalaha tafjeeran
Translation
Or you have a garden of palms and vines; then cause rivers to gush pouring through them
Transliteration
Aw tusqita alssamaa kama zaAAamta AAalayna kisafan aw tatiya biAllahi waalmalaikati qabeelan
Translation
Or make the sky fall on us in pieces, as you claim, or bring God and the angels before us
Transliteration
Aw yakoona laka baytun min zukhrufin aw tarqa fee alssamai walan numina liruqiyyika hatta tunazzila AAalayna kitaban naqraohu qul subhana rabbee hal kuntu illa basharan rasoolan
Translation
Or you possess a house of gold. Or you ascend into the sky. Even then, we will not believe in your ascension, unless you bring down for us a book that we can read.” Say, “Glory be to my Lord. Am I anything but a human messenger?”
Transliteration
Wama manaAAa alnnasa an yuminoo ith jaahumu alhuda illa an qaloo abaAAatha Allahu basharan rasoolan
Translation
Nothing prevented the people from believing, when guidance has come to them, except that they said, “Did God send a human messenger?”
Transliteration
Qul law kana fee alardi malaikatun yamshoona mutmainneena lanazzalna AAalayhim mina alssamai malakan rasoolan
Translation
Say, “If there were angels on earth, walking around in peace, We would have sent down to them from heaven an angel messenger.”
Transliteration
Qul kafa biAllahi shaheedan baynee wabaynakum innahu kana biAAibadihi khabeeran baseeran
Translation
Say, “God is enough witness between you and me. He is fully aware of His servants, and He sees them well.”
Transliteration
Waman yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadi waman yudlil falan tajida lahum awliyaa min doonihi wanahshuruhum yawma alqiyamati AAala wujoohihim AAumyan wabukman wasumman mawahum jahannamu kullama khabat zidnahum saAAeeran
Translation
Whomever God guides is the guided one. And whomever He leaves astray—for them you will find no protectors apart from Him. And We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection, on their faces, blind, dumb, and deaf. Their abode is Hell; whenever it abates, We intensify the blaze for them
Transliteration
Thalika jazaohum biannahum kafaroo biayatina waqaloo aitha kunna AAithaman warufatan ainna lamabAAoothoona khalqan jadeedan
Translation
This is their repayment for having blasphemed against Our revelations, and having said, “Shall we, when we have become bones and fragments, be resurrected as a new creation?”
Transliteration
Awalam yaraw anna Allaha allathee khalaqa alssamawati waalarda qadirun AAala an yakhluqa mithlahum wajaAAala lahum ajalan la rayba feehi faaba alththalimoona illa kufooran
Translation
Do they not consider that God, Who created the heavens and the earth, is Able to create the likes of them? He has assigned for them a term, in which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers persist in denying the truth
Transliteration
Qul law antum tamlikoona khazaina rahmati rabbee ithan laamsaktum khashyata alinfaqi wakana alinsanu qatooran
Translation
Say, “If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord’s mercy, you would have withheld them for fear of spending.” The human being has always been stingy
Transliteration
Walaqad atayna moosa tisAAa ayatin bayyinatin faisal banee israeela ith jaahum faqala lahu firAAawnu innee laathunnuka ya moosa mashooran
Translation
We gave Moses nine clear signs—ask the Children of Israel. When he went to them, Pharaoh said to him, “I think that you, Moses, are bewitched.”
Transliteration
Qala laqad AAalimta ma anzala haolai illa rabbu alssamawati waalardi basaira wainnee laathunnuka ya firAAawnu mathbooran
Translation
He said, “You know that none sent these down except the Lord of the heavens and the earth—eye openers; and I think that you, Pharaoh, are doomed.”
Transliteration
Faarada an yastafizzahum mina alardi faaghraqnahu waman maAAahu jameeAAan
Translation
He resolved to scare them off the land, but We drowned him, and those with him, altogether
Transliteration
Waqulna min baAAdihi libanee israeela oskunoo alarda faitha jaa waAAdu alakhirati jina bikum lafeefan
Translation
After him, We said to the Children of Israel, “Inhabit the land, and when the promise of the Hereafter arrives, We will bring you all together.”
Transliteration
Wabialhaqqi anzalnahu wabialhaqqi nazala wama arsalnaka illa mubashshiran wanatheeran
Translation
With the truth We sent it down, and with the truth it descended. We sent you only as a bearer of good news and a warner
Transliteration
Waquranan faraqnahu litaqraahu AAala alnnasi AAala mukthin wanazzalnahu tanzeelan
Translation
A Quran which We unfolded gradually, that you may recite to the people over time. And We revealed it in stages
Transliteration
Qul aminoo bihi aw la tuminoo inna allatheena ootoo alAAilma min qablihi itha yutla AAalayhim yakhirroona lilathqani sujjadan
Translation
Say, “Believe in it, or do not believe.” Those who were given knowledge before it, when it is recited to them, they fall to their chins, prostrating
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Wayaqooloona subhana rabbina in kana waAAdu rabbina lamafAAoolan
Translation
And they say, “Glory to our Lord. The promise of our Lord is fulfilled.”
Transliteration
Wayakhirroona lilathqani yabkoona wayazeeduhum khushooAAan
Translation
And they fall to their chins, weeping, and it adds to their humility
Transliteration
Quli odAAoo Allaha awi odAAoo alrrahmana ayyan ma tadAAoo falahu alasmao alhusna wala tajhar bisalatika wala tukhafit biha waibtaghi bayna thalika sabeelan
Translation
Say, “Call Him God, or call Him the Most Merciful. Whichever name you use, to Him belong the Best Names.” And be neither loud in your prayer, nor silent in it, but follow a course in between
Revealed when polytheists heard the Prophet ﷺ supplicate using both 'Allah' and 'Ar-Rahman' (The Most Merciful) and falsely assumed he was calling upon two separate gods. The verse clarifies that all the Most Beautiful Names belong to the One God, and also advises maintaining a balanced, audible tone during prayer recitation.
Transliteration
Waquli alhamdu lillahi allathee lam yattakhith waladan walam yakun lahu shareekun fee almulki walam yakun lahu waliyyun mina alththulli wakabbirhu takbeeran
Translation
And say, “Praise be to God, who has not begotten a son, nor has He a partner in sovereignty, nor has He an ally out of weakness, and glorify Him constantly.”