Surah Al-Israa

سُبْحَٰنَٱلَّذِىٓأَسْرَىٰبِعَبْدِهِۦلَيْلًۭامِّنَٱلْمَسْجِدِٱلْحَرَامِإِلَىٱلْمَسْجِدِٱلْأَقْصَاٱلَّذِىبَٰرَكْنَاحَوْلَهُۥلِنُرِيَهُۥمِنْءَايَٰتِنَآإِنَّهُۥهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْبَصِيرُ

LIMITLESS in His glory is He who transported His servant by night from the Inviolable House of Worship [at Mecca] to the Remote House of Worship [, at Jerusalem] - the environs of which We had blessed -so that We might show him some of Our symbols: for, verily, He alone is all-hearing, all-seeing.

وَءَاتَيْنَامُوسَىٱلْكِتَٰبَوَجَعَلْنَٰهُهُدًۭىلِّبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَأَلَّاتَتَّخِذُوا۟مِندُونِىوَكِيلًۭا

And [thus, too,] We vouchsafed revelation unto Moses, and made it a [source of] guidance for the children of Israel, [commanding them:] "Do not ascribe to any but Me the power to determine your fate,

ذُرِّيَّةَمَنْحَمَلْنَامَعَنُوحٍإِنَّهُۥكَانَعَبْدًۭاشَكُورًۭا

O you descendants of those whom We caused to be borne (in the ark] with Noah! Behold, he was a most grateful servant (of Ours]!"

وَقَضَيْنَآإِلَىٰبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَفِىٱلْكِتَٰبِلَتُفْسِدُنَّفِىٱلْأَرْضِمَرَّتَيْنِوَلَتَعْلُنَّعُلُوًّۭاكَبِيرًۭا

And we made [this] known to the children of Israel through revelation: Twice, indeed, will you spread corruption on earth and will indeed become grossly overbearing!

فَإِذَاجَآءَوَعْدُأُولَىٰهُمَابَعَثْنَاعَلَيْكُمْعِبَادًۭالَّنَآأُو۟لِىبَأْسٍۢشَدِيدٍۢفَجَاسُوا۟خِلَٰلَٱلدِّيَارِوَكَانَوَعْدًۭامَّفْعُولًۭا

Hence, when the prediction of the first of those two [periods of iniquity] came true, We sent against you some of Our bondmen of terrible prowess in war, and they wrought havoc throughout the land: and so the prediction was fulfilled.

ثُمَّرَدَدْنَالَكُمُٱلْكَرَّةَعَلَيْهِمْوَأَمْدَدْنَٰكُمبِأَمْوَٰلٍۢوَبَنِينَوَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْأَكْثَرَنَفِيرًا

And after a time We allowed you to prevail against them once again, and aided you with wealth and offspring, and made you more numerous [than ever].

إِنْأَحْسَنتُمْأَحْسَنتُمْلِأَنفُسِكُمْوَإِنْأَسَأْتُمْفَلَهَافَإِذَاجَآءَوَعْدُٱلْءَاخِرَةِلِيَسُۥٓـُٔوا۟وُجُوهَكُمْوَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْمَسْجِدَكَمَادَخَلُوهُأَوَّلَمَرَّةٍۢوَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟مَاعَلَوْا۟تَتْبِيرًا

[And We said:] "If you persevere in doing good, you will but be doing good to yourselves; and if you do evil, it will be [done] to yourselves." And so, when the prediction of the second [period of your iniquity] came true, [We raised new enemies against you, and allowed them] to disgrace you utterly, and to enter the Temple as [their forerunners] had entered it once before, and to destroy with utter destruction all that they had conquered.

عَسَىٰرَبُّكُمْأَنيَرْحَمَكُمْوَإِنْعُدتُّمْعُدْنَاوَجَعَلْنَاجَهَنَّمَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَحَصِيرًا

Your Sustainer may well show mercy unto you; but if you revert [to sinning], We shall revert [to chastising you]. And [remember this:] We have ordained that [in the hereafter] hell shall close upon all who deny the truth.

إِنَّهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانَيَهْدِىلِلَّتِىهِىَأَقْوَمُوَيُبَشِّرُٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَٱلَّذِينَيَعْمَلُونَٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِأَنَّلَهُمْأَجْرًۭاكَبِيرًۭا

VERILY, this Qur'an shows the way to all that is most upright, and gives the believers who do good deeds the glad tiding that theirs will be a great reward;

وَأَنَّٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلْءَاخِرَةِأَعْتَدْنَالَهُمْعَذَابًاأَلِيمًۭا

and [it announces, too,] that We have readied grievous suffering for those who will not believe in the life to come.

وَيَدْعُٱلْإِنسَٰنُبِٱلشَّرِّدُعَآءَهُۥبِٱلْخَيْرِوَكَانَٱلْإِنسَٰنُعَجُولًۭا

As it is, man [often] prays for things that are bad as if he were praying for something that is good: for man is prone to be hasty [in his judgments].

وَجَعَلْنَاٱلَّيْلَوَٱلنَّهَارَءَايَتَيْنِفَمَحَوْنَآءَايَةَٱلَّيْلِوَجَعَلْنَآءَايَةَٱلنَّهَارِمُبْصِرَةًۭلِّتَبْتَغُوا۟فَضْلًۭامِّنرَّبِّكُمْوَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟عَدَدَٱلسِّنِينَوَٱلْحِسَابَوَكُلَّشَىْءٍۢفَصَّلْنَٰهُتَفْصِيلًۭا

And We have established the night and the day as two symbols; and thereupon We have effaced the symbol of night and set up [in its place] the light giving symbol of day, so that you might seek to obtain your Sustainer's bounty and be aware of the passing years and of the reckoning [that is bound to come]. For clearly, most clearly, have We spelt out everything!

وَكُلَّإِنسَٰنٍأَلْزَمْنَٰهُطَٰٓئِرَهُۥفِىعُنُقِهِۦوَنُخْرِجُلَهُۥيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِكِتَٰبًۭايَلْقَىٰهُمَنشُورًا

And every human being's destiny have We tied to his neck; and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring forth for him a record which he will find wide open;

ٱقْرَأْكِتَٰبَكَكَفَىٰبِنَفْسِكَٱلْيَوْمَعَلَيْكَحَسِيبًۭا

[and he will be told:] "Read this thy record,! Sufficient is thine own self today to make out thine account!"

مَّنِٱهْتَدَىٰفَإِنَّمَايَهْتَدِىلِنَفْسِهِۦوَمَنضَلَّفَإِنَّمَايَضِلُّعَلَيْهَاوَلَاتَزِرُوَازِرَةٌۭوِزْرَأُخْرَىٰوَمَاكُنَّامُعَذِّبِينَحَتَّىٰنَبْعَثَرَسُولًۭا

Whoever chooses to follow the right path, follows it but for his own good; and whoever goes astray, goes but astray to his own hurt; and no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another" burden. Moreover. We would never chastise [any community for the wrong they may do] ere We have sent an apostle [to them].

وَإِذَآأَرَدْنَآأَننُّهْلِكَقَرْيَةًأَمَرْنَامُتْرَفِيهَافَفَسَقُوا۟فِيهَافَحَقَّعَلَيْهَاٱلْقَوْلُفَدَمَّرْنَٰهَاتَدْمِيرًۭا

But when [this has been done, and] it is Our will to destroy a community, We convey Our last warning to those of its people who have lost themselves entirely in the pursuit of pleasures; and [if] they [continue to] act sinfully, the sentence [of doom] passed on the community takes effect, and We break it to smithereens.

وَكَمْأَهْلَكْنَامِنَٱلْقُرُونِمِنۢبَعْدِنُوحٍۢوَكَفَىٰبِرَبِّكَبِذُنُوبِعِبَادِهِۦخَبِيرًۢابَصِيرًۭا

And how many a generation have We [thus] destroyed after [the time of] Noah! For, none has the like of thy Sustainer's awareness and insight into His creatures' sins.

مَّنكَانَيُرِيدُٱلْعَاجِلَةَعَجَّلْنَالَهُۥفِيهَامَانَشَآءُلِمَننُّرِيدُثُمَّجَعَلْنَالَهُۥجَهَنَّمَيَصْلَىٰهَامَذْمُومًۭامَّدْحُورًۭا

Unto him who cares for [no more than the enjoyment of] this fleeting life We readily grant thereof as much as We please, [giving] to whomever it is Our will [to give]; but in the end We consign him to [the suffering of] hell; which he will have to endure disgraced and disowned!

وَمَنْأَرَادَٱلْءَاخِرَةَوَسَعَىٰلَهَاسَعْيَهَاوَهُوَمُؤْمِنٌۭفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَكَانَسَعْيُهُممَّشْكُورًۭا

But as for those who care for the [good of the] life to come, and strive for it as it ought to be striven for, and are [true] believers withal -they are the ones whose striving finds favour [with God]!

كُلًّۭانُّمِدُّهَٰٓؤُلَآءِوَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِمِنْعَطَآءِرَبِّكَوَمَاكَانَعَطَآءُرَبِّكَمَحْظُورًا

All [of them] -these as well as those -do We freely endow with some of thy Sustainer's gifts, since thy Sustainer's giving is never confined [to one kind of man].