Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 104 (17:104)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

وَقُلْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ لِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱسْكُنُوا۟ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ …

Quran 17:104 is ayah 104 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 292 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:104
وَقُلْنَامِنۢبَعْدِهِۦلِبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَٱسْكُنُوا۟ٱلْأَرْضَفَإِذَاجَآءَوَعْدُٱلَْٔاخِرَةِجِئْنَابِكُمْلَفِيفًا١٠٤
waqul'nā min baʿdihi libanī is'rāīla us'kunū l-arḍa fa-idhā jāa waʿdu l-ākhirati ji'nā bikum lafīfan

And We said after him [i.e., Pharaoh] to the Children of Israel, "Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise [i.e., appointment] of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering."(104)

Word by word

  1. وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd We said
  2. مِنۢminafter him
  3. بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihiafter him
  4. لِبَنِىٓlibanīto the Children of Israel
  5. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlato the Children of Israel
  6. ٱسْكُنُوا۟us'kunūDwell
  7. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa(in) the land
  8. فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen when
  9. جَآءَjāacomes
  10. وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
  11. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
  12. جِئْنَاji'nāWe will bring
  13. بِكُمْbikumyou
  14. لَفِيفًاlafīfan(as) a mixed crowd

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