Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 75 (17:75)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

إِذًا لَّأَذَقْنَٰكَ ضِعْفَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ وَضِعْفَ ٱلْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا

Quran 17:75 is ayah 75 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 289 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:75
إِذًالَّأَذَقْنَٰكَضِعْفَٱلْحَيَوٰةِوَضِعْفَٱلْمَمَاتِثُمَّلَاتَجِدُلَكَعَلَيْنَانَصِيرًا٧٥
idhan la-adhaqnāka ḍiʿ'fa l-ḥayati waḍiʿ'fa l-mamāti thumma lā tajidu laka ʿalaynā naṣīran

Then [if you had], We would have made you taste double [punishment in] life and double [after] death. Then you would not find for yourself against Us a helper.(75)

Word by word

  1. إِذًاidhanThen
  2. لَّأَذَقْنَٰكَla-adhaqnākaWe (would) have made you taste
  3. ضِعْفَḍiʿ'fadouble
  4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(in) the life
  5. وَضِعْفَwaḍiʿ'faand double
  6. ٱلْمَمَاتِl-mamāti(after) the death
  7. ثُمَّthummaThen
  8. لَاlānot
  9. تَجِدُtajiduyou (would) have found
  10. لَكَlakafor you
  11. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāagainst Us
  12. نَصِيرًاnaṣīranany helper

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