Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 14 (17:14)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

ٱقْرَأْ كِتَٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا

Quran 17:14 is ayah 14 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.

17:14
ٱقْرَأْكِتَٰبَكَكَفَىٰبِنَفْسِكَٱلْيَوْمَعَلَيْكَحَسِيبًا١٤
iq'ra kitābaka kafā binafsika l-yawma ʿalayka ḥasīban

[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."(14)

Word by word

  1. ٱقْرَأْiq'raRead
  2. كِتَٰبَكَkitābakayour record
  3. كَفَىٰkafāSufficient
  4. بِنَفْسِكَbinafsika(is) yourself
  5. ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
  6. عَلَيْكَʿalaykaagainst you
  7. حَسِيبًاḥasīban(as) accountant

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