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17:1
سُبْحَـٰنَ
ٱلَّذِىٓ
أَسْرَىٰ
بِعَبْدِهِۦ
لَيْلًۭا
مِّنَ
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ
ٱلْحَرَامِ
إِلَى
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ
ٱلْأَقْصَا
ٱلَّذِى
بَـٰرَكْنَا
حَوْلَهُۥ
لِنُرِيَهُۥ
مِنْ
ءَايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
هُوَ
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
ٱلْبَصِيرُ
ﱗ
Glory to Him who made His servant travel by night from the sacred place of worship to the furthest place of worship, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him some of Our signs: He alone is the All Hearing, the All Seeing.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:2
وَءَاتَيْنَا
مُوسَى
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ
هُدًۭى
لِّبَنِىٓ
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
أَلَّا
تَتَّخِذُوا۟
مِن
دُونِى
وَكِيلًۭا
ﱤ
We also gave Moses the Scripture, and made it a guide for the Children of Israel. ‘Entrust yourselves to no one but Me,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:3
ذُرِّيَّةَ
مَنْ
حَمَلْنَا
مَعَ
نُوحٍ ۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
كَانَ
عَبْدًۭا
شَكُورًۭا
ﱯ
you descendants of those We carried with Noah: he was truly a thankful servant.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:4
وَقَضَيْنَآ
إِلَىٰ
بَنِىٓ
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
فِى
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
لَتُفْسِدُنَّ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
مَرَّتَيْنِ
وَلَتَعْلُنَّ
عُلُوًّۭا
كَبِيرًۭا
ﱽ
We declared to the Children of Israel in the Scripture, ‘Twice you will spread corruption in the land and become highly arrogant.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:5
فَإِذَا
جَآءَ
وَعْدُ
أُولَىٰهُمَا
بَعَثْنَا
عَلَيْكُمْ
عِبَادًۭا
لَّنَآ
أُو۟لِى
بَأْسٍۢ
شَدِيدٍۢ
فَجَاسُوا۟
خِلَـٰلَ
ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ
وَكَانَ
وَعْدًۭا
مَّفْعُولًۭا
ﲐ
When the first of these warnings was fulfilled, We sent against you servants of Ours with great force, and they ravaged your homes. That warning was fulfilled,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:6
ثُمَّ
رَدَدْنَا
لَكُمُ
ٱلْكَرَّةَ
عَلَيْهِمْ
وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰكُم
بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ
وَبَنِينَ
وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ
أَكْثَرَ
نَفِيرًا
ﲜ
but then We allowed you to prevail against your enemy. We increased your wealth and offspring and made you more numerous––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:7
إِنْ
أَحْسَنتُمْ
أَحْسَنتُمْ
لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ
وَإِنْ
أَسَأْتُمْ
فَلَهَا ۚ
فَإِذَا
جَآءَ
وَعْدُ
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟
وُجُوهَكُمْ
وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟
ٱلْمَسْجِدَ
كَمَا
دَخَلُوهُ
أَوَّلَ
مَرَّةٍۢ
وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟
مَا
عَلَوْا۟
تَتْبِيرًا
ﲶ
whether you do good or evil it is to your own souls––and when the second warning was fulfilled [We sent them] to shame your faces and enter the place of worship as they did the first time, and utterly destroy whatever fell into their power.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:8
عَسَىٰ
رَبُّكُمْ
أَن
يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ
وَإِنْ
عُدتُّمْ
عُدْنَا ۘ
وَجَعَلْنَا
جَهَنَّمَ
لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
حَصِيرًا
ﱎ
Your Lord may yet have mercy on you, but if you do the same again, so shall We: We have made Hell a prison for those who defy [Our warning].

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:9
إِنَّ
هَـٰذَا
ٱلْقُرْءَانَ
يَهْدِى
لِلَّتِى
هِىَ
أَقْوَمُ
وَيُبَشِّرُ
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَعْمَلُونَ
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ
أَنَّ
لَهُمْ
أَجْرًۭا
كَبِيرًۭا
ﱟ
This Quran does indeed show the straightest way. It gives the faithful who do right the good news that they will have a great reward and

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:10
وَأَنَّ
ٱلَّذِينَ
لَا
يُؤْمِنُونَ
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
أَعْتَدْنَا
لَهُمْ
عَذَابًا
أَلِيمًۭا
ﱩ
warns that We have prepared an agonizing punishment for those who do not believe in the world to come.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:11
وَيَدْعُ
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ
بِٱلشَّرِّ
دُعَآءَهُۥ
بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ
وَكَانَ
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ
عَجُولًۭا
ﱳ
Yet man prays for harm, just as he prays for good: man is ever hasty.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:12
وَجَعَلْنَا
ٱلَّيْلَ
وَٱلنَّهَارَ
ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ
فَمَحَوْنَآ
ءَايَةَ
ٱلَّيْلِ
وَجَعَلْنَآ
ءَايَةَ
ٱلنَّهَارِ
مُبْصِرَةًۭ
لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟
فَضْلًۭا
مِّن
رَّبِّكُمْ
وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟
عَدَدَ
ٱلسِّنِينَ
وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ
وَكُلَّ
شَىْءٍۢ
فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ
تَفْصِيلًۭا
ﲍ
We made the night and the day as two signs, then darkened the night and made the daylight for seeing, for you to seek your Lord’s bounty and to know how to count the years and calculate. We have explained everything in detail.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:13
وَكُلَّ
إِنسَـٰنٍ
أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ
طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ
فِى
عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ
وَنُخْرِجُ
لَهُۥ
يَوْمَ
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
كِتَـٰبًۭا
يَلْقَىٰهُ
مَنشُورًا
ﲜ
We have bound each human being’s destiny to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out a record for each of them, which they will find spread wide open,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:14
ٱقْرَأْ
كِتَـٰبَكَ
كَفَىٰ
بِنَفْسِكَ
ٱلْيَوْمَ
عَلَيْكَ
حَسِيبًۭا
ﲤ
‘Read your record. Today your own soul is enough to calculate your account.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:15
مَّنِ
ٱهْتَدَىٰ
فَإِنَّمَا
يَهْتَدِى
لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ
وَمَن
ضَلَّ
فَإِنَّمَا
يَضِلُّ
عَلَيْهَا ۚ
وَلَا
تَزِرُ
وَازِرَةٌۭ
وِزْرَ
أُخْرَىٰ ۗ
وَمَا
كُنَّا
مُعَذِّبِينَ
حَتَّىٰ
نَبْعَثَ
رَسُولًۭا
ﲽ
Whoever accepts guidance does so for his own good; whoever strays does so at his own peril. No soul will bear another’s burden, nor do We punish until We have sent a messenger.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:16
وَإِذَآ
أَرَدْنَآ
أَن
نُّهْلِكَ
قَرْيَةً
أَمَرْنَا
مُتْرَفِيهَا
فَفَسَقُوا۟
فِيهَا
فَحَقَّ
عَلَيْهَا
ٱلْقَوْلُ
فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَا
تَدْمِيرًۭا
ﳌ
When We decide to destroy a town, We command those corrupted by wealth [to reform], but they [persist in their] disobedience; Our sentence is passed, and We destroy them utterly.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:17
وَكَمْ
أَهْلَكْنَا
مِنَ
ٱلْقُرُونِ
مِنۢ
بَعْدِ
نُوحٍۢ ۗ
وَكَفَىٰ
بِرَبِّكَ
بِذُنُوبِ
عِبَادِهِۦ
خَبِيرًۢا
بَصِيرًۭا
ﳛ
How many generations We have destroyed since Noah! Your Lord knows and observes the sins of His servants well enough.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:18
مَّن
كَانَ
يُرِيدُ
ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ
عَجَّلْنَا
لَهُۥ
فِيهَا
مَا
نَشَآءُ
لِمَن
نُّرِيدُ
ثُمَّ
جَعَلْنَا
لَهُۥ
جَهَنَّمَ
يَصْلَىٰهَا
مَذْمُومًۭا
مَّدْحُورًۭا
ﱓ
If anyone desires [only] the fleeting life, We speed up whatever We will in it, for whoever We wish; in the end We have prepared Hell for him in which to burn, disgraced and rejected.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:19
وَمَنْ
أَرَادَ
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
وَسَعَىٰ
لَهَا
سَعْيَهَا
وَهُوَ
مُؤْمِنٌۭ
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
كَانَ
سَعْيُهُم
مَّشْكُورًۭا
ﱠ
But if anyone desires the life to come and strives after it as he should, as a true believer, his striving will be thanked.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

17:20
كُلًّۭا
نُّمِدُّ
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
وَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
مِنْ
عَطَآءِ
رَبِّكَ ۚ
وَمَا
كَانَ
عَطَآءُ
رَبِّكَ
مَحْظُورًا
ﱮ
To both the latter and the former, We give some of your Lord’s bounty. [Prophet], your Lord’s bounty is not restricted-

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Fatihah

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