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Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 97 (17:97)

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وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ …

Quran 17:97 is ayah 97 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 292 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:97
وَمَنيَهْدِٱللَّهُفَهُوَٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖوَمَنيُضْلِلْفَلَنتَجِدَلَهُمْأَوْلِيَآءَمِندُونِهِۦ ۖوَنَحْشُرُهُمْيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِعَلَىٰوُجُوهِهِمْعُمْيًاوَبُكْمًاوَصُمًّا ۖمَّأْوَىٰهُمْجَهَنَّمُ ۖكُلَّمَاخَبَتْزِدْنَٰهُمْسَعِيرًا٩٧
waman yahdi l-lahu fahuwa l-muh'tadi waman yuḍ'lil falan tajida lahum awliyāa min dūnihi wanaḥshuruhum yawma l-qiyāmati ʿalā wujūhihim ʿum'yan wabuk'man waṣumman mawāhum jahannamu kullamā khabat zid'nāhum saʿīran

And whoever Allāh guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection [fallen] on their faces - blind, dumb and deaf. Their refuge is Hell; every time it subsides, We increase [for] them blazing fire.(97)

Word by word

  1. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  2. يَهْدِyahdiAllah guides
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah guides
  4. فَهُوَfahuwathen he (is)
  5. ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖl-muh'tadithe guided one
  6. وَمَنwamanand whoever
  7. يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astray
  8. فَلَنfalanthen never
  9. تَجِدَtajidayou will find
  10. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  11. أَوْلِيَآءَawliyāaprotectors
  12. مِنminbesides Him
  13. دُونِهِۦ ۖdūnihibesides Him
  14. وَنَحْشُرُهُمْwanaḥshuruhumAnd We will gather them
  15. يَوْمَyawma(on) the Day
  16. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  17. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  18. وُجُوهِهِمْwujūhihimtheir faces
  19. عُمْيًاʿum'yanblind
  20. وَبُكْمًاwabuk'manand dumb
  21. وَصُمًّا ۖwaṣummanand deaf
  22. مَّأْوَىٰهُمْmawāhumTheir abode
  23. جَهَنَّمُ ۖjahannamu(is) Hell
  24. كُلَّمَاkullamāevery time
  25. خَبَتْkhabatit subsides
  26. زِدْنَٰهُمْzid'nāhumWe (will) increase (for) them
  27. سَعِيرًاsaʿīranthe blazing fire

Tafsir (commentary) of 17:97

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Guidance and Misguidance are in the Hands of Allah

Allah tells us how He deals with His creation and how His rulings are carried out. He tells us that there is none who can put back His judgement, for whomever He guides cannot be led astray,

وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِ

(and whomever He leaves astray can never find helpers other than Him)to guide him. As Allah says:

مَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا

(He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly-guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no Wali (guiding friend) to lead him) 18:17

The Punishment of the People of Misguidance

وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ

(and We shall gather them together on the Day of Resurrection on their faces,) Imam Ahmad recorded from Anas bin Malik that the Prophet was asked, "O Messenger of Allah, how will the people be gathered on their faces" He said,

«الَّذِي أَمْشَاهُمْ عَلَى أَرْجُلِهِمْ قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يُمْشِيَهُمْ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِم»

(The One Who made them walk on their feet is able to make them walk on their faces.) It was also reported (by Al-Bukhari and Muslim) in the Two Sahihs.

عُمْيًا

(blind) means, unable to see.

وَبُكْمًا

(dumb) means, unable to speak.

وَصُمًّا

(deaf) means, unable to hear. They will be in this state as a punishment for the way they were in this world, blind, dumb and deaf to the truth. This will be their recompense when they are gathered on the Day of Resurrection, at the time when they need these faculties most of all.

مَأْوَاهُمُ

(their abode) means, their destination.

جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ

(will be Hell; whenever it abates,) Ibn `Abbas said, "(This means) calms down," Mujahid said, (It means) is extinguished,"

زِدْنَاهُمْ سَعِيرًا

(We shall increase for them the fierceness of the Fire.) meaning, increasing its flames and heat and coals, as Allah says:

فَذُوقُواْ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلاَّ عَذَاباً

(So taste you (the results of your evil actions). No increase shall We give you, except in torment.) (78:30)

ذَلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِـَايَـتِنَا وَقَالُواْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَرُفَاتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

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