Surah Al-Israa

وَقُلْجَآءَٱلْحَقُّوَزَهَقَٱلْبَٰطِلُإِنَّٱلْبَٰطِلَكَانَزَهُوقًۭا

And say: "The truth has now come [to light], and falsehood has withered away: for, behold, all falsehood is bound to wither away!"

وَنُنَزِّلُمِنَٱلْقُرْءَانِمَاهُوَشِفَآءٌۭوَرَحْمَةٌۭلِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَوَلَايَزِيدُٱلظَّٰلِمِينَإِلَّاخَسَارًۭا

THUS, step by step, We bestow from on high through this Qur'an all that gives health [to the spirit] and is a grace unto those who believe [in Us], the while it only adds to the ruin of evildoers:

وَإِذَآأَنْعَمْنَاعَلَىٱلْإِنسَٰنِأَعْرَضَوَنَـَٔابِجَانِبِهِۦوَإِذَامَسَّهُٱلشَّرُّكَانَيَـُٔوسًۭا

for [it often happens that] when We bestow Our blessings upon man, he turns away and arrogantly keeps aloof [from any thought of Us]; and when evil fortune touches him, he abandons all hope.

قُلْكُلٌّۭيَعْمَلُعَلَىٰشَاكِلَتِهِۦفَرَبُّكُمْأَعْلَمُبِمَنْهُوَأَهْدَىٰسَبِيلًۭا

Say: "Everyone acts in a manner peculiar to himself -and your Sustainer is fully aware as to who has chosen the best path."

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَعَنِٱلرُّوحِقُلِٱلرُّوحُمِنْأَمْرِرَبِّىوَمَآأُوتِيتُممِّنَٱلْعِلْمِإِلَّاقَلِيلًۭا

AND THEY will ask thee about [the nature of] divine inspiration. Say: "This inspiration [comes] at my Sustainer's behest; and [you cannot understand its nature, O men, since] you have been granted very little of [real] knowledge."

وَلَئِنشِئْنَالَنَذْهَبَنَّبِٱلَّذِىٓأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَيْكَثُمَّلَاتَجِدُلَكَبِهِۦعَلَيْنَاوَكِيلًا

And if We so willed, We could indeed take away whatever We have revealed unto thee, and in that [state of need] thou wouldst find none to plead in thy behalf before Us.

إِلَّارَحْمَةًۭمِّنرَّبِّكَإِنَّفَضْلَهُۥكَانَعَلَيْكَكَبِيرًۭا

[Thou art spared] only by thy Sustainer's grace: behold, His favour towards thee is great indeed!

قُللَّئِنِٱجْتَمَعَتِٱلْإِنسُوَٱلْجِنُّعَلَىٰٓأَنيَأْتُوا۟بِمِثْلِهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِلَايَأْتُونَبِمِثْلِهِۦوَلَوْكَانَبَعْضُهُمْلِبَعْضٍۢظَهِيرًۭا

Say: "If all mankind and all invisible beings would come together with a view to producing the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce its like even though they were to exert all their strength in aiding one another!"

وَلَقَدْصَرَّفْنَالِلنَّاسِفِىهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِمِنكُلِّمَثَلٍۢفَأَبَىٰٓأَكْثَرُٱلنَّاسِإِلَّاكُفُورًۭا

For, indeed, many facets have We given in this Qur'an to every kind of lesson [designed] for [the benefit of] mankind! However, most men are unwilling to accept anything but blasphemy

وَقَالُوا۟لَننُّؤْمِنَلَكَحَتَّىٰتَفْجُرَلَنَامِنَٱلْأَرْضِيَنۢبُوعًا

and so they say: "[O Muhammad,] we shall not believe thee till thou cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth,

أَوْتَكُونَلَكَجَنَّةٌۭمِّننَّخِيلٍۢوَعِنَبٍۢفَتُفَجِّرَٱلْأَنْهَٰرَخِلَٰلَهَاتَفْجِيرًا

or thou have a garden of date-palms and vines and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst in a sudden rush,

أَوْتُسْقِطَٱلسَّمَآءَكَمَازَعَمْتَعَلَيْنَاكِسَفًاأَوْتَأْتِىَبِٱللَّهِوَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِقَبِيلًا

or thou cause the skies to fall down upon us in smithereens, as thou hast threatened, or [till] thou bring God and the angels face to face before us,

أَوْيَكُونَلَكَبَيْتٌۭمِّنزُخْرُفٍأَوْتَرْقَىٰفِىٱلسَّمَآءِوَلَننُّؤْمِنَلِرُقِيِّكَحَتَّىٰتُنَزِّلَعَلَيْنَاكِتَٰبًۭانَّقْرَؤُهُۥقُلْسُبْحَانَرَبِّىهَلْكُنتُإِلَّابَشَرًۭارَّسُولًۭا

or thou have a house [made] of gold, or thou ascend to heaven - but nay, we would not [even] believe in thy ascension unless thou bring down to us [from heaven] a writing which we [ourselves] could read! Say thou, [O Prophet:] "Limitless in His glory is my Sustainer! Am I, then, aught but a mortal man, an apostle?"

وَمَامَنَعَٱلنَّاسَأَنيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟إِذْجَآءَهُمُٱلْهُدَىٰٓإِلَّآأَنقَالُوٓا۟أَبَعَثَٱللَّهُبَشَرًۭارَّسُولًۭا

Yet whenever [God's] guidance came to them [through a prophet,] nothing has ever kept people from believing [in him] save this their objection: "Would God have sent a [mere] mortal man as His apostle?"

قُللَّوْكَانَفِىٱلْأَرْضِمَلَٰٓئِكَةٌۭيَمْشُونَمُطْمَئِنِّينَلَنَزَّلْنَاعَلَيْهِممِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَلَكًۭارَّسُولًۭا

Say: "If angels were walking about on earth as their natural abode, We would indeed have sent down unto them an angel out of heaven as Our apostle."

قُلْكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِشَهِيدًۢابَيْنِىوَبَيْنَكُمْإِنَّهُۥكَانَبِعِبَادِهِۦخَبِيرًۢابَصِيرًۭا

Say: "None can bear witness between me and you as God does: verily, fully aware is He of His creatures, and He sees all [that is in their hearts]."

وَمَنيَهْدِٱللَّهُفَهُوَٱلْمُهْتَدِوَمَنيُضْلِلْفَلَنتَجِدَلَهُمْأَوْلِيَآءَمِندُونِهِۦوَنَحْشُرُهُمْيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِعَلَىٰوُجُوهِهِمْعُمْيًۭاوَبُكْمًۭاوَصُمًّۭامَّأْوَىٰهُمْجَهَنَّمُكُلَّمَاخَبَتْزِدْنَٰهُمْسَعِيرًۭا

And he whom God guides, he alone has found the right way; whereas for those whom He lets go astray thou canst never find anyone to protect them from Him: and [so, when] We shall gather them together on the Day of Resurrection, [they will lie] prone upon their faces, blind and dumb and deaf, with hell as their goal; [and] every time [the fire] abates, We shall increase for them [its] blazing flame.

ذَٰلِكَجَزَآؤُهُمبِأَنَّهُمْكَفَرُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاوَقَالُوٓا۟أَءِذَاكُنَّاعِظَٰمًۭاوَرُفَٰتًاأَءِنَّالَمَبْعُوثُونَخَلْقًۭاجَدِيدًا

Such will be their requital for having rejected Our messages and having said, "After we will have become bones and dust, shall we, forsooth, be raised from the dead in a new act of creation?"

أَوَلَمْيَرَوْا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَقَادِرٌعَلَىٰٓأَنيَخْلُقَمِثْلَهُمْوَجَعَلَلَهُمْأَجَلًۭالَّارَيْبَفِيهِفَأَبَىٱلظَّٰلِمُونَإِلَّاكُفُورًۭا

Are they, then, not aware that God, who has created the heavens and the earth, has the power to create them anew in their own likeness, having, beyond any doubt, set a term for their resurrection? However, all [such] evildoers are unwilling to accept anything but blasphemy!

قُللَّوْأَنتُمْتَمْلِكُونَخَزَآئِنَرَحْمَةِرَبِّىٓإِذًۭالَّأَمْسَكْتُمْخَشْيَةَٱلْإِنفَاقِوَكَانَٱلْإِنسَٰنُقَتُورًۭا

Say: "If you were to own' all the treasure-houses of my Sustainer's bounty, lo! you would still try to hold on [to them] tightly for fear of spending [too much]: for man has always been avaricious [whereas God is limitless in His bounty].