Surah Al-Israa

وَلَقَدْصَرَّفْنَافِىهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِلِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟وَمَايَزِيدُهُمْإِلَّانُفُورًۭا

And, indeed, many facets have We given [to Our message] in this Qur'an, so that they [who deny the truth] might take it to heart: but all this only increases their aversion.

قُللَّوْكَانَمَعَهُۥٓءَالِهَةٌۭكَمَايَقُولُونَإِذًۭالَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟إِلَىٰذِىٱلْعَرْشِسَبِيلًۭا

Say: "If there were-as some people assert [other] deities side by side with Him, surely [even] they would have to strive to find a way unto Him who is enthroned on His almightiness?"

سُبْحَٰنَهُۥوَتَعَٰلَىٰعَمَّايَقُولُونَعُلُوًّۭاكَبِيرًۭا

Limitless is He in His glory, and sublimely, immeasurably exalted above anything that men may say [about Him]

تُسَبِّحُلَهُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُٱلسَّبْعُوَٱلْأَرْضُوَمَنفِيهِنَّوَإِنمِّنشَىْءٍإِلَّايُسَبِّحُبِحَمْدِهِۦوَلَٰكِنلَّاتَفْقَهُونَتَسْبِيحَهُمْإِنَّهُۥكَانَحَلِيمًاغَفُورًۭا

The seven heavens extol His limitless glory, and the earth, and all that they contain; and there is not a single thing but extols His limitless glory and praise: but you [O men] fail to grasp the manner of their glorifying Him! Verily, He is forbearing, much-forgiving!

وَإِذَاقَرَأْتَٱلْقُرْءَانَجَعَلْنَابَيْنَكَوَبَيْنَٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلْءَاخِرَةِحِجَابًۭامَّسْتُورًۭا

But [thus it is:] whenever thou recitest the Qur'an, We place an invisible barrier between thee and those who will not believe in the life to come: -

وَجَعَلْنَاعَلَىٰقُلُوبِهِمْأَكِنَّةًأَنيَفْقَهُوهُوَفِىٓءَاذَانِهِمْوَقْرًۭاوَإِذَاذَكَرْتَرَبَّكَفِىٱلْقُرْءَانِوَحْدَهُۥوَلَّوْا۟عَلَىٰٓأَدْبَٰرِهِمْنُفُورًۭا

for, over their hearts We have laid veils which prevent them from grasping its purport, and into their ears, deafness. And so, whenever thou dost mention, while reciting the Qur'an, thy Sustainer as the one and only Divine Being, they turn their backs [upon thee] in aversion.

نَّحْنُأَعْلَمُبِمَايَسْتَمِعُونَبِهِۦٓإِذْيَسْتَمِعُونَإِلَيْكَوَإِذْهُمْنَجْوَىٰٓإِذْيَقُولُٱلظَّٰلِمُونَإِنتَتَّبِعُونَإِلَّارَجُلًۭامَّسْحُورًا

We are fully aware of what they are listening for when they listen to thee: for when they are secluded among themselves, lo! these wrongdoers say [unto one another], "If you were to follow [Muhammad, you would follow] only a man bewitched!"

ٱنظُرْكَيْفَضَرَبُوا۟لَكَٱلْأَمْثَالَفَضَلُّوا۟فَلَايَسْتَطِيعُونَسَبِيلًۭا

See to what they liken thee, [O Prophet simply] because they have gone astray and are now unable to find a way [to the truth]!

وَقَالُوٓا۟أَءِذَاكُنَّاعِظَٰمًۭاوَرُفَٰتًاأَءِنَّالَمَبْعُوثُونَخَلْقًۭاجَدِيدًۭا

And [thus, too,] they say, "After we will have become bones and dust, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead in a new act of creation?"

قُلْكُونُوا۟حِجَارَةًأَوْحَدِيدًا

Say: "[You will be raised from the dead even though] you be stones or iron

أَوْخَلْقًۭامِّمَّايَكْبُرُفِىصُدُورِكُمْفَسَيَقُولُونَمَنيُعِيدُنَاقُلِٱلَّذِىفَطَرَكُمْأَوَّلَمَرَّةٍۢفَسَيُنْغِضُونَإِلَيْكَرُءُوسَهُمْوَيَقُولُونَمَتَىٰهُوَقُلْعَسَىٰٓأَنيَكُونَقَرِيبًۭا

or any [other] substance which, to your minds, appears yet farther removed [from life]!" And [if] thereupon they ask, "Who is it that will' bring us back [to life]?"-say thou: "He who has brought you into being in the first instance." And [if] thereupon they shake their heads at thee [in disbelief] and ask, "When shall this be?"-say thou: "It may well be soon,

يَوْمَيَدْعُوكُمْفَتَسْتَجِيبُونَبِحَمْدِهِۦوَتَظُنُّونَإِنلَّبِثْتُمْإِلَّاقَلِيلًۭا

on a Day when He will call you, and you will answer by praising Him, thinking all the while that you have tarried [on earth] but a little while."

وَقُللِّعِبَادِىيَقُولُوا۟ٱلَّتِىهِىَأَحْسَنُإِنَّٱلشَّيْطَٰنَيَنزَغُبَيْنَهُمْإِنَّٱلشَّيْطَٰنَكَانَلِلْإِنسَٰنِعَدُوًّۭامُّبِينًۭا

AND TELL My servants that they should speak in the most kindly manner [unto those who do not share their beliefs]: verily, Satan is always ready to stir up discord between men - for, verily, Satan is man's open foe!

رَّبُّكُمْأَعْلَمُبِكُمْإِنيَشَأْيَرْحَمْكُمْأَوْإِنيَشَأْيُعَذِّبْكُمْوَمَآأَرْسَلْنَٰكَعَلَيْهِمْوَكِيلًۭا

Your Sustainer is fully aware of what you are [and what you deserve]: if He so wills, he will bestow [His] grace upon you; and if He so wills, He will chastise you. Hence, We have not sent thee [unto men, O Prophet,] with the power to determine their fate,

وَرَبُّكَأَعْلَمُبِمَنفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَلَقَدْفَضَّلْنَابَعْضَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَعَلَىٰبَعْضٍۢوَءَاتَيْنَادَاوُۥدَزَبُورًۭا

seeing that thy Sustainer is fully aware of [what is in the minds of] all beings that are in the heavens and on earth. But, indeed, We did endow some of the prophets more highly than others -just as We bestowed upon David a book of divine wisdom [in token of Our grace]

قُلِٱدْعُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَزَعَمْتُممِّندُونِهِۦفَلَايَمْلِكُونَكَشْفَٱلضُّرِّعَنكُمْوَلَاتَحْوِيلًا

SAY: "Call upon those [beings] whom you imagine [to be endowed with divine powers] beside Him and [you will find that] they have it not in their power to remove any affliction from you, or to shift it [elsewhere]. "

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَيَدْعُونَيَبْتَغُونَإِلَىٰرَبِّهِمُٱلْوَسِيلَةَأَيُّهُمْأَقْرَبُوَيَرْجُونَرَحْمَتَهُۥوَيَخَافُونَعَذَابَهُۥٓإِنَّعَذَابَرَبِّكَكَانَمَحْذُورًۭا

Those [saintly beings] whom they invoke are themselves striving to obtain their Sustainer's favour - [even] those among them who are closest [to Him] - hoping for His grace and dreading His chastisement: for, verily, thy Sustainer's chastisement is something to beware of!

وَإِنمِّنقَرْيَةٍإِلَّانَحْنُمُهْلِكُوهَاقَبْلَيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِأَوْمُعَذِّبُوهَاعَذَابًۭاشَدِيدًۭاكَانَذَٰلِكَفِىٱلْكِتَٰبِمَسْطُورًۭا

And [bear in mind:] there is no community which We will not destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or chastise [even earlier, if it proves sinful,] with suffering severe: all this is laid down in Our decree.

وَمَامَنَعَنَآأَننُّرْسِلَبِٱلْءَايَٰتِإِلَّآأَنكَذَّبَبِهَاٱلْأَوَّلُونَوَءَاتَيْنَاثَمُودَٱلنَّاقَةَمُبْصِرَةًۭفَظَلَمُوا۟بِهَاوَمَانُرْسِلُبِٱلْءَايَٰتِإِلَّاتَخْوِيفًۭا

And nothing has prevented Us from sending [this message, like the earlier ones,] with miraculous signs [in its wake], save [Our knowledge] that the people of olden times [only too often] gave the lie to them: thus, We provided for [the tribe of] Thamud the she-camel as a light-giving portent, and they sinned against it. And never did We send those signs for any other purpose than to convey a warning.

وَإِذْقُلْنَالَكَإِنَّرَبَّكَأَحَاطَبِٱلنَّاسِوَمَاجَعَلْنَاٱلرُّءْيَاٱلَّتِىٓأَرَيْنَٰكَإِلَّافِتْنَةًۭلِّلنَّاسِوَٱلشَّجَرَةَٱلْمَلْعُونَةَفِىٱلْقُرْءَانِوَنُخَوِّفُهُمْفَمَايَزِيدُهُمْإِلَّاطُغْيَٰنًۭاكَبِيرًۭا

And lo! We said unto thee, [O Prophet:] "Behold, thy Sustainer encompasses all mankind [within His knowledge and might]: and so We have ordained that the vision which We have shown thee -as also the tree [of hell,] cursed in this Qur'an - shall be but a trial for men. Now [by Our mentioning hell] We convey a warning to them: but [if they are bent on denying the truth,] this [warning] only increases their gross, overweening arrogance."