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Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 88 (17:88)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا …

Quran 17:88 is ayah 88 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 291 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:88
قُللَّئِنِٱجْتَمَعَتِٱلْإِنسُوَٱلْجِنُّعَلَىٰٓأَنيَأْتُوا۟بِمِثْلِهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِلَايَأْتُونَبِمِثْلِهِۦوَلَوْكَانَبَعْضُهُمْلِبَعْضٍظَهِيرًا٨٨
qul la-ini ij'tamaʿati l-insu wal-jinu ʿalā an yatū bimith'li hādhā l-qur'āni lā yatūna bimith'lihi walaw kāna baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ẓahīran

Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."(88)

Word by word

  1. قُلqulSay
  2. لَّئِنِla-iniIf
  3. ٱجْتَمَعَتِij'tamaʿatigathered
  4. ٱلْإِنسُl-insuthe mankind
  5. وَٱلْجِنُّwal-jinuand the jinn
  6. عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
  7. أَنan[that]
  8. يَأْتُوا۟yatūbring
  9. بِمِثْلِbimith'lithe like
  10. هَٰذَاhādhā(of) this
  11. ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
  12. لَاlānot
  13. يَأْتُونَyatūnathey (could) bring
  14. بِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihithe like of it
  15. وَلَوْwalaweven if
  16. كَانَkānawere
  17. بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
  18. لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto some others
  19. ظَهِيرًاẓahīranassistants

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