Al-'Isrā
The Night Journey
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الإسراء
سُبْحَـٰنَ Exalted sub'ḥāna (is) the One Who alladhī took asrā His servant biʿabdihi (by) night laylan from mina Al-Masjid Al-Haraam l-masjidi Al-Masjid Al-Haraam l-ḥarāmi to ilā Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa l-masjidi Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa l-aqṣā which alladhī We blessed bāraknā its surroundings ḥawlahu that We may show him linuriyahu of min Our Signs āyātinā Indeed He innahu He huwa (is) the All-Hearer l-samīʿu the All-Seer l-baṣīru
Exalted1 is He who took His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā,2 whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing,3 the Seeing.4
وَءَاتَيْنَا And We gave waātaynā Musa mūsā the Book l-kitāba and made it wajaʿalnāhu a guidance hudan for the Children libanī (of) Israel is'rāīla That not allā you take tattakhidhū other than Me min other than Me dūnī (as) a Disposer of affairs wakīlan
And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,1
ذُرِّيَّةَ Offsprings dhurriyyata (of one) who man We carried ḥamalnā with maʿa Nuh nūḥin Indeed, he innahu was kāna a servant ʿabdan grateful shakūran
O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.
وَقَضَيْنَآ And We decreed waqaḍaynā for ilā (the) Children banī (of) Israel is'rāīla in fī the Book l-kitābi Surely you will cause corruption latuf'sidunna in fī the earth l-arḍi twice marratayni and surely you will reach walataʿlunna haughtiness ʿuluwwan great kabīran
And We conveyed1 to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."
فَإِذَا So when fa-idhā came jāa (the) promise waʿdu (for) the first of the two ūlāhumā We raised baʿathnā against you ʿalaykum servants ʿibādan of Ours lanā those of great military might ulī those of great military might basin those of great military might shadīdin and they entered fajāsū the inner most part khilāla (of) the homes l-diyāri and (it) was wakāna a promise waʿdan fulfilled mafʿūlan
So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them,1 We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes,2 and it was a promise fulfilled.
ثُمَّ Then thumma We gave back radadnā to you lakumu the return victory l-karata over them ʿalayhim And We reinforced you wa-amdadnākum with the wealth bi-amwālin and sons wabanīna and made you wajaʿalnākum more akthara numerous nafīran
Then We gave back to you a return victory over them. And We reinforced you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower.
إِنْ If in you do good aḥsantum you do good aḥsantum for yourselves li-anfusikum and if wa-in you do evil asatum then it is for it falahā So when fa-idhā came jāa promise waʿdu the last l-ākhirati to sadden liyasūū your faces wujūhakum and to enter waliyadkhulū the Masjid l-masjida just as kamā they (had) entered it dakhalūhu first awwala time marratin and to destroy waliyutabbirū what mā they had conquered ʿalaw (with) destruction tatbīran
[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.