Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 99 (17:99)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ …

Quran 17:99 is ayah 99 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.

17:99
۞ أَوَلَمْيَرَوْا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَٱلَّذِىخَلَقَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَقَادِرٌعَلَىٰٓأَنيَخْلُقَمِثْلَهُمْوَجَعَلَلَهُمْأَجَلًالَّارَيْبَفِيهِفَأَبَىٱلظَّٰلِمُونَإِلَّاكُفُورًا٩٩
awalam yaraw anna l-laha alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa qādirun ʿalā an yakhluqa mith'lahum wajaʿala lahum ajalan lā rayba fīhi fa-abā l-ẓālimūna illā kufūran

Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse except disbelief.(99)

Word by word

  1. ۞ أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
  2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
  3. أَنَّannathat
  4. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  5. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  6. خَلَقَkhalaqacreated
  7. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  8. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
  9. قَادِرٌqādirun(is) Able
  10. عَلَىٰٓʿalā[on]
  11. أَنanto
  12. يَخْلُقَyakhluqacreate
  13. مِثْلَهُمْmith'lahumthe like of them
  14. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaAnd He has made
  15. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  16. أَجَلًاajalana term
  17. لَّاlāno
  18. رَيْبَraybadoubt
  19. فِيهِfīhiin it
  20. فَأَبَىfa-abāBut refused
  21. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers
  22. إِلَّاillāexcept
  23. كُفُورًاkufūrandisbelief

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