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

1. ذلك مما أوحى إليك ربك من الحكمة ولا تجعل مع الله إلها آخر فتلقى في جهنم ملوما مدحورا

   39

   These are among [precepts] that your Lord has revealed to you of wisdom. Do not set up another god besides Allah, or you will be cast into hell, being blameworthy and banished [from His mercy].

   dhālika mimmā ʾawḥā ʾilayka rabbuka mina l-ḥikmati wa-lā tajʿal maʿa llāhi ʾilāhan ʾākhara fa-tulqā fī jahannama malūman madḥūran

2. أفأصفاكم ربكم بالبنين واتخذ من الملائكة إناثا إنكم لتقولون قولا عظيما

   40

   Did your Lord prefer you for sons, and [Himself] adopt females from among the angels? Indeed, you say a monstrous word!

   ʾa-fa-ʾaṣfākum rabbukum bi-l-banīna wa-ttakhadha mina l-malāʾikati ʾināthan ʾinnakum la-taqūlūna qawlan ʿaẓīman

3. ولقد صرفنا في هذا القرآن ليذكروا وما يزيدهم إلا نفورا

   41

   Certainly We have variously paraphrased [the principles of guidance] in this Quran so that they may take admonition, but it increases them only in aversion.

   wa-la-qad ṣarrafnā fī hādhā l-qurʾāni li-yadhdhakkarū wa-mā yazīduhum ʾillā nufūran

4. قل لو كان معه آلهة كما يقولون إذا لابتغوا إلى ذي العرش سبيلا

   42

   Say, ‘Were there [other] gods besides Him, as they say, they would surely have encroached on the Lord of the Throne.

   qul law kāna maʿahū ʾālihatun ka-mā yaqūlūna ʾidhan la-btaghaw ʾilā dhī l-ʿarshi sabīlan

5. سبحانه وتعالى عما يقولون علوا كبيرا

   43

   Immaculate is He, and greatly exalted above what they say!’

   subḥānahū wa-taʿālā ʿammā yaqūlūna ʿuluwwan kabīran

6. تسبح له السماوات السبع والأرض ومن فيهن وإن من شيء إلا يسبح بحمده ولكن لا تفقهون تسبيحهم إنه كان حليما غفورا

   44

   The seven heavens glorify Him, and the earth [too], and whoever is in them. There is not a thing but celebrates His praise, but you do not understand their glorification. Indeed, He is all-forbearing, all-forgiving.

   tusabbiḥu lahu s-samāwātu s-sabʿu wa-l-ʾarḍu wa-man fīhinna wa-ʾin min shayʾin ʾillā yusabbiḥu bi-ḥamdihī wa-lākin lā tafqahūna tasbīḥahum ʾinnahū kāna ḥalīman ghafūran

7. وإذا قرأت القرآن جعلنا بينك وبين الذين لا يؤمنون بالآخرة حجابا مستورا

   45

   When you recite the Quran, We draw a hidden curtain between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter,

   wa-ʾidhā qaraʾta l-qurʾāna jaʿalnā baynaka wa-bayna lladhīna lā yuʾminūna bi-l-ʾākhirati ḥijāban mastūran

8. وجعلنا على قلوبهم أكنة أن يفقهوه وفي آذانهم وقرا وإذا ذكرت ربك في القرآن وحده ولوا على أدبارهم نفورا

   46

   and We cast veils on their hearts, lest they should understand it, and a deafness into their ears. When you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.

   wa-jaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim ʾakinnatan ʾan yafqahūhu wa-fī ʾādhānihim waqran wa-ʾidhā dhakarta rabbaka fī l-qurʾāni waḥdahū wallaw ʿalā ʾadbārihim nufūran

9. نحن أعلم بما يستمعون به إذ يستمعون إليك وإذ هم نجوى إذ يقول الظالمون إن تتبعون إلا رجلا مسحورا

   47

   We know best what they listen for, when they listen to you, and when they hold their secret talks, when the wrongdoers say, ‘[If you follow him] You will be following just a bewitched man.’

   naḥnu ʾaʿlamu bi-mā yastamiʿūna bihī ʾidh yastamiʿūna ʾilayka wa-ʾidh hum najwā ʾidh yaqūlū ẓ-ẓālimūna ʾin tattabiʿūna ʾillā rajulan masḥūran-i

10. انظر كيف ضربوا لك الأمثال فضلوا فلا يستطيعون سبيلا

    48

    Look, how they coin epithets for you; so they go astray, and cannot find a way.

    unẓur kayfa ḍarabū laka l-ʾamthāla fa-ḍallū fa-lā yastaṭīʿūna sabīlan

11. وقالوا أإذا كنا عظاما ورفاتا أإنا لمبعوثون خلقا جديدا

    49

    They say, ‘What, when we have become bones and dust, shall we really be raised in a new creation?’

    wa-qālū ʾa-ʾidhā kunnā ʿiẓāman wa-rufātan ʾa-ʾinnā la-mabʿūthūna khalqan jadīdan