And We have certainly diversified [the contents] in this Qur’ān that they [i.e., mankind] may be reminded, but it does not increase them [i.e., the disbelievers] except in aversion.(41)
Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 41 (17:41)
ٱلْإِسْرَاء
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا
Quran 17:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 286 of the Madani Mushaf.
- Juz 15
- Hizb 29
- Page 286
- Ruku 5
- Revealed Mecca
17:41
وَلَقَدْصَرَّفْنَافِىهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِلِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟وَمَايَزِيدُهُمْإِلَّانُفُورًا٤١
walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhā l-qur'āni liyadhakkarū wamā yazīduhum illā nufūran
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
- صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāWe have explained
- فِىfīin
- هَٰذَاhādhāthis
- ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quran
- لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟liyadhakkarūthat they may take heed
- وَمَاwamābut not
- يَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhumit increases them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- نُفُورًاnufūran(in) aversion
Tafsir (commentary) of 17:41
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وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانِ
(And surely, We have explained in this Qur'an) meaning, `We have explained Our warni- ngs so that they may remember the proof, evidence and exhorta- tions contained there- in, and be prevented from Shirk, wrong- doing and scandal.'
وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ
(but it increases them in naught) the wrong- doers among them
إِلاَّ نُفُورًا
(save aversion.) aversion towards the truth; they go further away from it.