The Night Journey

Surah
Al-Isra

سُبۡحَٰنَ
ٱلَّذِيٓ
أَسۡرَىٰ
بِعَبۡدِهِۦ
لَيۡلٗا
مِّنَ
ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ
ٱلۡحَرَامِ
إِلَى
ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ
ٱلۡأَقۡصَا
ٱلَّذِي
بَٰرَكۡنَا
حَوۡلَهُۥ
لِنُرِيَهُۥ
مِنۡ
ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
هُوَ
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
ٱلۡبَصِيرُ
١

Glory be to the One Who took His servant ˹Muḥammad˺ by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose surroundings We have blessed, so that We may show him some of Our signs.¹ Indeed, He² alone is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:2

وَءَاتَيۡنَا

مُوسَى

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ

هُدٗى

لِّبَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

أَلَّا

تَتَّخِذُواْ

مِن

دُونِي

وَكِيلٗا

And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guide for the Children of Israel, ˹stating:˺ “Do not take besides Me any other Trustee of Affairs,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:3

ذُرِّيَّةَ

مَنۡ

حَمَلۡنَا

مَعَ

نُوحٍۚ

إِنَّهُۥ

كَانَ

عَبۡدٗا

شَكُورٗا

˹O˺ descendants of those We carried with Noah ˹in the Ark˺! He was indeed a grateful servant.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:4

وَقَضَيۡنَآ

إِلَىٰ

بَنِيٓ

إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

فِي

ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ

لَتُفۡسِدُنَّ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

مَرَّتَيۡنِ

وَلَتَعۡلُنَّ

عُلُوّٗا

كَبِيرٗا

And We warned the Children of Israel in the Scripture, “You will certainly cause corruption in the land twice, and you will become extremely arrogant.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:5

فَإِذَا

جَآءَ

وَعۡدُ

أُولَىٰهُمَا

بَعَثۡنَا

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

عِبَادٗا

لَّنَآ

أُوْلِي

بَأۡسٖ

شَدِيدٖ

فَجَاسُواْ

خِلَٰلَ

ٱلدِّيَارِۚ

وَكَانَ

وَعۡدٗا

مَّفۡعُولٗا

When the first of the two warnings would come to pass, We would send against you some of Our servants of great might, who would ravage your homes. This would be a warning fulfilled.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:6

ثُمَّ

رَدَدۡنَا

لَكُمُ

ٱلۡكَرَّةَ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰكُم

بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ

وَبَنِينَ

وَجَعَلۡنَٰكُمۡ

أَكۡثَرَ

نَفِيرًا

Then ˹after your repentance˺ We would give you the upper hand over them and aid you with wealth and offspring, causing you to outnumber them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:7

إِنۡ

أَحۡسَنتُمۡ

لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۖ

وَإِنۡ

أَسَأۡتُمۡ

فَلَهَاۚ

فَإِذَا

جَآءَ

وَعۡدُ

ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

لِيَسُـُٔواْ

وُجُوهَكُمۡ

وَلِيَدۡخُلُواْ

ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ

كَمَا

دَخَلُوهُ

أَوَّلَ

مَرَّةٖ

وَلِيُتَبِّرُواْ

مَا

عَلَوۡاْ

تَتۡبِيرًا

If you act rightly, it is for your own good, but if you do wrong, it is to your own loss. “And when the second warning would come to pass, your enemies would ˹be left to˺ totally disgrace you and enter that place of worship as they entered it the first time, and utterly destroy whatever would fall into their hands.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:8

عَسَىٰ

رَبُّكُمۡ

أَن

يَرۡحَمَكُمۡۚ

وَإِنۡ

عُدتُّمۡ

عُدۡنَاۚ

وَجَعَلۡنَا

جَهَنَّمَ

لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

حَصِيرًا

Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you ˹if you repent˺, but if you return ˹to sin˺, We will return ˹to punishment˺. And We have made Hell a ˹permanent˺ confinement for the disbelievers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

17:9