Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 106 (17:106)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

وَقُرْءَانًا فَرَقْنَٰهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَٰهُ تَنزِيلًا

Quran 17:106 is ayah 106 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 293 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:106
وَقُرْءَانًافَرَقْنَٰهُلِتَقْرَأَهُۥعَلَىٱلنَّاسِعَلَىٰمُكْثٍوَنَزَّلْنَٰهُتَنزِيلًا١٠٦
waqur'ānan faraqnāhu litaqra-ahu ʿalā l-nāsi ʿalā muk'thin wanazzalnāhu tanzīlan

And [it is] a Qur’ān which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.(106)

Word by word

  1. وَقُرْءَانًاwaqur'ānanAnd the Quran
  2. فَرَقْنَٰهُfaraqnāhuWe have divided
  3. لِتَقْرَأَهُۥlitaqra-ahuthat you might recite it
  4. عَلَىʿalāto
  5. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
  6. عَلَىٰʿalāat
  7. مُكْثٍmuk'thinintervals
  8. وَنَزَّلْنَٰهُwanazzalnāhuAnd We have revealed it
  9. تَنزِيلًاtanzīlan(in) stages

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