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Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 41 (17:41)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا

Quran 17:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 286 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:41
وَلَقَدْصَرَّفْنَافِىهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِلِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟وَمَايَزِيدُهُمْإِلَّانُفُورًا٤١
walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhā l-qur'āni liyadhakkarū wamā yazīduhum illā nufūran

And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur’ān that they [i.e., mankind] may be reminded, but it does not increase them [i.e., the disbelievers] except in aversion.(41)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
  2. صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāWe have explained
  3. فِىfīin
  4. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  5. ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quran
  6. لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟liyadhakkarūthat they may take heed
  7. وَمَاwamābut not
  8. يَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhumit increases them
  9. إِلَّاillāexcept
  10. نُفُورًاnufūran(in) aversion

Tafsir (commentary) of 17:41

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وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ

(And surely, We have explained in this Qur'an) meaning, `We have explained Our warni- ngs so that they may remember the proof, evidence and exhorta- tions contained there- in, and be prevented from Shirk, wrong- doing and scandal.'

وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ

(but it increases them in naught) the wrong- doers among them

إِلاَّ نُفُورًا

(save aversion.) aversion towards the truth; they go further away from it.

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