أَوۡ
خَلۡقٗا
مِّمَّا
يَكۡبُرُ
فِي
صُدُورِكُمۡۚ
فَسَيَقُولُونَ
مَن
يُعِيدُنَاۖ
قُلِ
ٱلَّذِي
فَطَرَكُمۡ
أَوَّلَ
مَرَّةٖۚ
فَسَيُنۡغِضُونَ
إِلَيۡكَ
رُءُوسَهُمۡ
وَيَقُولُونَ
مَتَىٰ
هُوَۖ
قُلۡ
عَسَىٰٓ
أَن
يَكُونَ
قَرِيبٗا
٥١

or whatever you think is harder to bring to life!” Then they will ask ˹you˺, “Who will bring us back ˹to life˺?” Say, “The One Who created you the first time.” They will then shake their heads at you and ask, “When will that be?” Say, “Perhaps it is soon!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:52

يَوۡمَ

يَدۡعُوكُمۡ

فَتَسۡتَجِيبُونَ

بِحَمۡدِهِۦ

وَتَظُنُّونَ

إِن

لَّبِثۡتُمۡ

إِلَّا

قَلِيلٗا

٥٢

On the Day He will call you, you will ˹instantly˺ respond by praising Him,¹ thinking you had remained ˹in the world˺ only for a little while.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:53

وَقُل

لِّعِبَادِي

يَقُولُواْ

ٱلَّتِي

هِيَ

أَحۡسَنُۚ

إِنَّ

ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ

يَنزَغُ

بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ

إِنَّ

ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ

كَانَ

لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ

عَدُوّٗا

مُّبِينٗا

٥٣

Tell My ˹believing˺ servants to say only what is best. Satan certainly seeks to sow discord among them. Satan is indeed a sworn enemy to humankind.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:54

رَّبُّكُمۡ

أَعۡلَمُ

بِكُمۡۖ

إِن

يَشَأۡ

يَرۡحَمۡكُمۡ

أَوۡ

إِن

يَشَأۡ

يُعَذِّبۡكُمۡۚ

وَمَآ

أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

وَكِيلٗا

٥٤

Your Lord knows you best. He may have mercy on you if He wills, or punish you if He wills. We have not sent you ˹O Prophet˺ as a keeper over them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:55

وَرَبُّكَ

أَعۡلَمُ

بِمَن

فِي

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ

وَلَقَدۡ

فَضَّلۡنَا

بَعۡضَ

ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ

عَلَىٰ

بَعۡضٖۖ

وَءَاتَيۡنَا

دَاوُۥدَ

زَبُورٗا

٥٥

Your Lord knows best all those in the heavens and the earth. And We have surely favoured some prophets above others, and to David We gave the Psalms.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:56

قُلِ

ٱدۡعُواْ

ٱلَّذِينَ

زَعَمۡتُم

مِّن

دُونِهِۦ

فَلَا

يَمۡلِكُونَ

كَشۡفَ

ٱلضُّرِّ

عَنكُمۡ

وَلَا

تَحۡوِيلًا

٥٦

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Invoke those you claim ˹to be divine˺¹ besides Him—they do not have the power to undo harm from you or transfer it ˹to someone else˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:57

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

يَدۡعُونَ

يَبۡتَغُونَ

إِلَىٰ

رَبِّهِمُ

ٱلۡوَسِيلَةَ

أَيُّهُمۡ

أَقۡرَبُ

وَيَرۡجُونَ

رَحۡمَتَهُۥ

وَيَخَافُونَ

عَذَابَهُۥٓۚ

إِنَّ

عَذَابَ

رَبِّكَ

كَانَ

مَحۡذُورٗا

٥٧

˹Even˺ the closest ˹to Allah˺ of those invoked would be seeking a way to their Lord, hoping for His mercy, and fearing His punishment. Indeed, your Lord’s torment is fearsome.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:58

وَإِن

مِّن

قَرۡيَةٍ

إِلَّا

نَحۡنُ

مُهۡلِكُوهَا

قَبۡلَ

يَوۡمِ

ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

أَوۡ

مُعَذِّبُوهَا

عَذَابٗا

شَدِيدٗاۚ

كَانَ

ذَٰلِكَ

فِي

ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ

مَسۡطُورٗا

٥٨

There is not a ˹wicked˺ society that We will not destroy or punish with a severe torment before the Day of Judgment. That is written in the Record.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:59

وَمَا

مَنَعَنَآ

أَن

نُّرۡسِلَ

بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ

إِلَّآ

أَن

كَذَّبَ

بِهَا

ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَۚ

وَءَاتَيۡنَا

ثَمُودَ

ٱلنَّاقَةَ

مُبۡصِرَةٗ

فَظَلَمُواْ

بِهَاۚ

وَمَا

نُرۡسِلُ

بِٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ

إِلَّا

تَخۡوِيفٗا

٥٩

Nothing keeps Us from sending the ˹demanded˺ signs except that they had ˹already˺ been denied by earlier peoples. And We gave Thamûd the she-camel as a clear sign, but they wrongfully rejected it.¹ We only send the signs as a warning.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:60

وَإِذۡ

قُلۡنَا

لَكَ

إِنَّ

رَبَّكَ

أَحَاطَ

بِٱلنَّاسِۚ

وَمَا

جَعَلۡنَا

ٱلرُّءۡيَا

ٱلَّتِيٓ

أَرَيۡنَٰكَ

إِلَّا

فِتۡنَةٗ

لِّلنَّاسِ

وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ

ٱلۡمَلۡعُونَةَ

فِي

ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ

وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡ

فَمَا

يَزِيدُهُمۡ

إِلَّا

طُغۡيَٰنٗا

كَبِيرٗا

٦٠

And ˹remember, O Prophet˺ when We told you, “Certainly your Lord encompasses the people.” And We have made what We brought you to see¹ as well as the cursed tree ˹mentioned˺ in the Quran² only as a test for the people. We keep warning them, but it only increases them greatly in defiance.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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