وَيَدۡعُ
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ
بِٱلشَّرِّ
دُعَآءَهُۥ
بِٱلۡخَيۡرِۖ
وَكَانَ
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ
عَجُولٗا
١١

And humans ˹swiftly˺ pray for evil¹ as they pray for good. For humankind is ever hasty.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:12

وَجَعَلۡنَا

ٱلَّيۡلَ

وَٱلنَّهَارَ

ءَايَتَيۡنِۖ

فَمَحَوۡنَآ

ءَايَةَ

ٱلَّيۡلِ

وَجَعَلۡنَآ

ءَايَةَ

ٱلنَّهَارِ

مُبۡصِرَةٗ

لِّتَبۡتَغُواْ

فَضۡلٗا

مِّن

رَّبِّكُمۡ

وَلِتَعۡلَمُواْ

عَدَدَ

ٱلسِّنِينَ

وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ

وَكُلَّ

شَيۡءٖ

فَصَّلۡنَٰهُ

تَفۡصِيلٗا

١٢

We made the day and night as two signs. So We made the sign of the night devoid of light, and We made the sign of the day ˹perfectly˺ bright, so that you may seek the bounty of your Lord and know the number of years and calculation ˹of time˺. And We have explained everything in detail.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:13

وَكُلَّ

إِنسَٰنٍ

أَلۡزَمۡنَٰهُ

طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ

فِي

عُنُقِهِۦۖ

وَنُخۡرِجُ

لَهُۥ

يَوۡمَ

ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ

كِتَٰبٗا

يَلۡقَىٰهُ

مَنشُورًا

١٣

We have bound every human’s destiny to their neck.¹ And on the Day of Judgment We will bring forth to each ˹person˺ a record which they will find laid open.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:14

ٱقۡرَأۡ

كِتَٰبَكَ

كَفَىٰ

بِنَفۡسِكَ

ٱلۡيَوۡمَ

عَلَيۡكَ

حَسِيبٗا

١٤

˹And it will be said,˺ “Read your record. You ˹alone˺ are sufficient this Day to take account of yourself.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:15

مَّنِ

ٱهۡتَدَىٰ

فَإِنَّمَا

يَهۡتَدِي

لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ

وَمَن

ضَلَّ

فَإِنَّمَا

يَضِلُّ

عَلَيۡهَاۚ

وَلَا

تَزِرُ

وَازِرَةٞ

وِزۡرَ

أُخۡرَىٰۗ

وَمَا

كُنَّا

مُعَذِّبِينَ

حَتَّىٰ

نَبۡعَثَ

رَسُولٗا

١٥

Whoever chooses to be guided, it is only for their own good. And whoever chooses to stray, it is only to their own loss. No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another. And We would never punish ˹a people˺ until We have sent a messenger ˹to warn them˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:16

وَإِذَآ

أَرَدۡنَآ

أَن

نُّهۡلِكَ

قَرۡيَةً

أَمَرۡنَا

مُتۡرَفِيهَا

فَفَسَقُواْ

فِيهَا

فَحَقَّ

عَلَيۡهَا

ٱلۡقَوۡلُ

فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهَا

تَدۡمِيرٗا

١٦

Whenever We intend to destroy a society, We command its elite ˹to obey Allah˺ but they act rebelliously in it. So the decree ˹of punishment˺ is justified, and We destroy it utterly.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:17

وَكَمۡ

أَهۡلَكۡنَا

مِنَ

ٱلۡقُرُونِ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

نُوحٖۗ

وَكَفَىٰ

بِرَبِّكَ

بِذُنُوبِ

عِبَادِهِۦ

خَبِيرَۢا

بَصِيرٗا

١٧

˹Imagine˺ how many peoples We have destroyed after Noah! And sufficient is your Lord as All-Aware and All-Seeing of the sins of His servants.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:18

مَّن

كَانَ

يُرِيدُ

ٱلۡعَاجِلَةَ

عَجَّلۡنَا

لَهُۥ

فِيهَا

مَا

نَشَآءُ

لِمَن

نُّرِيدُ

ثُمَّ

جَعَلۡنَا

لَهُۥ

جَهَنَّمَ

يَصۡلَىٰهَا

مَذۡمُومٗا

مَّدۡحُورٗا

١٨

Whoever desires this fleeting world ˹alone˺, We hasten in it whatever We please to whoever We will; then We destine them for Hell, where they will burn, condemned and rejected.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:19