وَلَقَدۡ
صَرَّفۡنَا
فِي
هَٰذَا
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ
لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ
وَمَا
يَزِيدُهُمۡ
إِلَّا
نُفُورٗا
٤١

We have surely varied ˹the signs˺ in this Quran so perhaps they may be mindful, but it only drives them farther away.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:42

قُل

لَّوۡ

كَانَ

مَعَهُۥٓ

ءَالِهَةٞ

كَمَا

يَقُولُونَ

إِذٗا

لَّٱبۡتَغَوۡاْ

إِلَىٰ

ذِي

ٱلۡعَرۡشِ

سَبِيلٗا

٤٢

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Had there been other gods besides Him—as they claim—then they would have certainly sought a way to ˹challenge˺ the Lord of the Throne.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:43

سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ

وَتَعَٰلَىٰ

عَمَّا

يَقُولُونَ

عُلُوّٗا

كَبِيرٗا

٤٣

Glorified and Highly Exalted is He above what they claim!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:44

تُسَبِّحُ

لَهُ

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ

ٱلسَّبۡعُ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ

وَمَن

فِيهِنَّۚ

وَإِن

مِّن

شَيۡءٍ

إِلَّا

يُسَبِّحُ

بِحَمۡدِهِۦ

وَلَٰكِن

لَّا

تَفۡقَهُونَ

تَسۡبِيحَهُمۡۚ

إِنَّهُۥ

كَانَ

حَلِيمًا

غَفُورٗا

٤٤

The seven heavens, the earth, and all those in them glorify Him. There is not a single thing that does not glorify His praises—but you ˹simply˺ cannot comprehend their glorification. He is indeed Most Forbearing, All-Forgiving.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:45

وَإِذَا

قَرَأۡتَ

ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ

جَعَلۡنَا

بَيۡنَكَ

وَبَيۡنَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

لَا

يُؤۡمِنُونَ

بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

حِجَابٗا

مَّسۡتُورٗا

٤٥

When you ˹O Prophet˺ recite the Quran, We put a hidden barrier between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:46

وَجَعَلۡنَا

عَلَىٰ

قُلُوبِهِمۡ

أَكِنَّةً

أَن

يَفۡقَهُوهُ

وَفِيٓ

ءَاذَانِهِمۡ

وَقۡرٗاۚ

وَإِذَا

ذَكَرۡتَ

رَبَّكَ

فِي

ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ

وَحۡدَهُۥ

وَلَّوۡاْ

عَلَىٰٓ

أَدۡبَٰرِهِمۡ

نُفُورٗا

٤٦

We have cast veils over their hearts—leaving them unable to comprehend it—and deafness in their ears. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:47