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Quran 17:99

Surah Al-Israa, Verse 99

Juz 15 · Page 292 · Ruku 250 · Meccan

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا

Word by word

۞ أَوَلَمْ awalam Do not يَرَوْا۟ yaraw they see أَنَّ anna that ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah ٱلَّذِى alladhī the One Who خَلَقَ khalaqa created ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti the heavens وَٱلْأَرْضَ wal-arḍa and the earth قَادِرٌ qādirun (is) Able عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā [on] أَن an to يَخْلُقَ yakhluqa create مِثْلَهُمْ mith'lahum the like of them وَجَعَلَ wajaʿala And He has made لَهُمْ lahum for them أَجَلًۭا ajalan a term لَّا lā no رَيْبَ rayba doubt فِيهِ fīhi in it فَأَبَى fa-abā But refused ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ l-ẓālimūna the wrongdoers إِلَّا illā except كُفُورًۭا kufūran disbelief

Transliteration

Awa lam yaraw anna Allaha allatheekhalaqa assamawati wal-ardaqadirun AAala an yakhluqa mithlahum wajaAAala lahumajalan la rayba feehi faaba aththalimoonailla kufoora

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Have they not seen that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth is Able to create the like of them, and hath appointed for them an end whereof there is no doubt? But the wrong-doers refuse aught save disbelief.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

See they not that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, has power to create the like of them (anew)? Only He has decreed a term appointed, of which there is no doubt. But the unjust refuse (to receive it) except with ingratitude.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقال هاهنا : ( أولم يروا أن الله الذي خلق السموات والأرض قادر على أن يخلق مثلهم ) أي يوم القيامة يعيد أبدانهم وينشئهم نشأة أخرى ، ويعيدهم كما بدأهم .

وقوله : ( وجعل لهم أجلا لا ريب فيه ) أي : جعل لإعادتهم وإقامتهم من قبورهم أجلا مضروبا ومدة مقدرة لا بد من انقضائها ، كما قال تعالى : ( وما نؤخره إلا لأجل معدود ) [ هود : 104 ] .

وقوله : ( فأبى الظالمون ) أي : بعد قيام الحجة عليهم ) إلا كفورا ) إلا تماديا في باطلهم وضلالهم .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.