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Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 18 (17:18)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا …

Quran 17:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 284 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:18
مَّنكَانَيُرِيدُٱلْعَاجِلَةَعَجَّلْنَالَهُۥفِيهَامَانَشَآءُلِمَننُّرِيدُثُمَّجَعَلْنَالَهُۥجَهَنَّمَيَصْلَىٰهَامَذْمُومًامَّدْحُورًا١٨
man kāna yurīdu l-ʿājilata ʿajjalnā lahu fīhā mā nashāu liman nurīdu thumma jaʿalnā lahu jahannama yaṣlāhā madhmūman madḥūran

Whoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.(18)

Word by word

  1. مَّنmanWhoever
  2. كَانَkānashould
  3. يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
  4. ٱلْعَاجِلَةَl-ʿājilatathe immediate
  5. عَجَّلْنَاʿajjalnāWe hasten
  6. لَهُۥlahufor him
  7. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  8. مَاmāwhat
  9. نَشَآءُnashāuWe will
  10. لِمَنlimanto whom
  11. نُّرِيدُnurīduWe intend
  12. ثُمَّthummaThen
  13. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
  14. لَهُۥlahufor him
  15. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
  16. يَصْلَىٰهَاyaṣlāhāhe will burn
  17. مَذْمُومًاmadhmūmandisgraced
  18. مَّدْحُورًاmadḥūranrejected

Tafsir (commentary) of 17:18

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This commentary explains ayahs 17:18–19 together.

The Reward of Those who desire this World and Those who desire the Hereafter

Allah tells us that not everyone who desires this world and its luxuries gets what he wants. That is attained by those whom Allah wants to have it, and they get what He wills that they should get. This Ayah narrows down the general statements made in other Ayat. Allah says:

عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ

(We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell) meaning, in the Hereafter,

يَصْلَـهَآ

(he will burn therein) means, he will enter it until it covers him on all sides,

مَذْمُومًا

(disgraced) means, blamed for his bad behaviour and evil deeds, because he chose the transient over the eternal,

مَّدْحُورًا

(rejected.) means, far away (from Allah's mercy), humiliated and put to shame.

وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الاٌّخِرَةَ

(And whoever desires the Hereafter) wanting the Hereafter and its blessings and delights,

وَسَعَى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا

(and strives for it, with the necessary effort due for it) seeking it in the right way, which is following the Messenger .

وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ

(while he is a believer,) means, his heart has faith, i.e., he believes in the reward and punishment,

فَأُولَـئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا

(then such are the ones whose striving shall be appreciated, (rewarded by Allah).)

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