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Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 8 (17:8)

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عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا

Quran 17:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 283 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:8
عَسَىٰرَبُّكُمْأَنيَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚوَإِنْعُدتُّمْعُدْنَا ۘوَجَعَلْنَاجَهَنَّمَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَحَصِيرًا٨
ʿasā rabbukum an yarḥamakum wa-in ʿudttum ʿud'nā wajaʿalnā jahannama lil'kāfirīna ḥaṣīran

[Then Allāh said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."(8)

Word by word

  1. عَسَىٰʿasā(It) may be
  2. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumthat your Lord
  3. أَنanthat your Lord
  4. يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚyarḥamakum(may) have mercy upon you
  5. وَإِنْwa-inBut if
  6. عُدتُّمْʿudttumyou return
  7. عُدْنَا ۘʿud'nāWe will return
  8. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We have made
  9. جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
  10. لِلْكَٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers
  11. حَصِيرًاḥaṣīrana prison-bed

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