Surah Al-'Isrā (The Night Journey) in English

1. من كان يريد العاجلة عجلنا له فيها ما نشاء لمن نريد ثم جعلنا له جهنم يصلاها مذموما مدحورا

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   Whoever desires this transitory life, We expedite for him therein whatever We wish, for whomever We desire. Then We appoint hell for him, to enter it, blameful and spurned.

   man kāna yurīdu l-ʿājilata ʿajjalnā lahū fīhā mā nashāʾu li-man nurīdu thumma jaʿalnā lahū jahannama yaṣlāhā madhmūman madḥūran

2. ومن أراد الآخرة وسعى لها سعيها وهو مؤمن فأولئك كان سعيهم مشكورا

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   Whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it with an endeavour worthy of it, should he be faithful,—the endeavour of such will be well-appreciated.

   wa-man ʾarāda l-ʾākhirata wa-saʿā lahā saʿyahā wa-huwa muʾminun fa-ʾulāʾika kāna saʿyuhum mashkūran

3. كلا نمد هؤلاء وهؤلاء من عطاء ربك وما كان عطاء ربك محظورا

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   To these and to those—to all We extend the bounty of your Lord, and the bounty of your Lord is not confined.

   kullan numiddu hāʾulāʾi wa-hāʾulāʾi min ʿaṭāʾi rabbika wa-mā kāna ʿaṭāʾu rabbika maḥẓūran-i

4. انظر كيف فضلنا بعضهم على بعض وللآخرة أكبر درجات وأكبر تفضيلا

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   Observe how We have given some of them an advantage over some others; yet the Hereafter is surely greater in respect of ranks and greater in respect of relative merit.

   unẓur kayfa faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍin wa-la-l-ʾākhiratu ʾakbaru darajātin wa-ʾakbaru tafḍīlan

5. لا تجعل مع الله إلها آخر فتقعد مذموما مخذولا

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   Do not set up another god besides Allah, or you will sit blameworthy, forsaken.

   lā tajʿal maʿa llāhi ʾilāhan ʾākhara fa-taqʿuda madhmūman makhdhūlan

6. وقضى ربك ألا تعبدوا إلا إياه وبالوالدين إحسانا إما يبلغن عندك الكبر أحدهما أو كلاهما فلا تقل لهما أف ولا تنهرهما وقل لهما قولا كريما

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   Your Lord has decreed that you shall not worship anyone except Him, and [He has enjoined] kindness to parents. Should any of them or both reach old age at your side, do not say to them, ‘Fie!’ And do not chide them, but speak to them noble words.

   wa-qaḍā rabbuka ʾallā taʿbudū ʾillā ʾiyyāhu wa-bi-l-wālidayni ʾiḥsānan ʾimmā yablughanna ʿindaka l-kibara ʾaḥaduhumā ʾaw kilāhumā fa-lā taqul lahumā ʾuffin wa-lā tanharhumā wa-qul lahumā qawlan karīman

7. واخفض لهما جناح الذل من الرحمة وقل رب ارحمهما كما ربياني صغيرا

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   Lower the wing of humility to them, mercifully, and say, ‘My Lord! Have mercy on them, just as they reared me when I was [a] small [child]!’

   wa-khfiḍ lahumā janāḥa dh-dhulli mina r-raḥmati wa-qul rabbi rḥamhumā ka-mā rabbayānī ṣaghīran

8. ربكم أعلم بما في نفوسكم إن تكونوا صالحين فإنه كان للأوابين غفورا

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   Your Lord knows best what is in your hearts. Should you be righteous, He is indeed most forgiving toward penitents.

   rabbukum ʾaʿlamu bi-mā fī nufūsikum ʾin takūnū ṣāliḥīna fa-ʾinnahū kāna li-l-ʾawwābīna ghafūran

9. وآت ذا القربى حقه والمسكين وابن السبيل ولا تبذر تبذيرا

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   Give the relatives their [due] right, and the needy and the traveller [as well], but do not squander wastefully.

   wa-ʾāti dhā l-qurbā ḥaqqahū wa-l-miskīna wa-bna s-sabīli wa-lā tubadhdhir tabdhīran

10. إن المبذرين كانوا إخوان الشياطين وكان الشيطان لربه كفورا

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    Indeed the wasteful are brothers of satans, and Satan is ungrateful to his Lord.

    ʾinna l-mubadhdhirīna kānū ʾikhwāna sh-shayāṭīni wa-kāna sh-shayṭānu li-rabbihī kafūran