Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 57 (17:57)

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ …

Quran 17:57 is ayah 57 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 287 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:57
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَيَدْعُونَيَبْتَغُونَإِلَىٰرَبِّهِمُٱلْوَسِيلَةَأَيُّهُمْأَقْرَبُوَيَرْجُونَرَحْمَتَهُۥوَيَخَافُونَعَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚإِنَّعَذَابَرَبِّكَكَانَمَحْذُورًا٥٧
ulāika alladhīna yadʿūna yabtaghūna ilā rabbihimu l-wasīlata ayyuhum aqrabu wayarjūna raḥmatahu wayakhāfūna ʿadhābahu inna ʿadhāba rabbika kāna maḥdhūran

Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.(57)

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhom
  3. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey call
  4. يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnaseek
  5. إِلَىٰilāto
  6. رَبِّهِمُrabbihimutheir Lord
  7. ٱلْوَسِيلَةَl-wasīlatathe means of access
  8. أَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of them
  9. أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) nearest
  10. وَيَرْجُونَwayarjūnaand they hope
  11. رَحْمَتَهُۥraḥmatahu(for) His mercy
  12. وَيَخَافُونَwayakhāfūnaand fear
  13. عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚʿadhābahuHis punishment
  14. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  15. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
  16. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
  17. كَانَkānais
  18. مَحْذُورًاmaḥdhūran(ever) feared

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