Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 89 (17:89)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ …

Quran 17:89 is ayah 89 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.

17:89
وَلَقَدْصَرَّفْنَالِلنَّاسِفِىهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِمِنكُلِّمَثَلٍفَأَبَىٰٓأَكْثَرُٱلنَّاسِإِلَّاكُفُورًا٨٩
walaqad ṣarrafnā lilnnāsi fī hādhā l-qur'āni min kulli mathalin fa-abā aktharu l-nāsi illā kufūran

And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur’ān from every [kind of] example, but most of the people refused except disbelief.(89)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
  2. صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāWe have explained
  3. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito mankind
  4. فِىfīin
  5. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  6. ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. كُلِّkullievery
  9. مَثَلٍmathalinexample
  10. فَأَبَىٰٓfa-abābut refused
  11. أَكْثَرُaktharumost
  12. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the mankind
  13. إِلَّاillāexcept
  14. كُفُورًاkufūrandisbelief

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