Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 7 (17:7)

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إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ …

Quran 17:7 is ayah 7 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 282 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:7
إِنْأَحْسَنتُمْأَحْسَنتُمْلِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖوَإِنْأَسَأْتُمْفَلَهَا ۚفَإِذَاجَآءَوَعْدُٱلَْٔاخِرَةِلِيَسُۥُٓٔوا۟وُجُوهَكُمْوَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْمَسْجِدَكَمَادَخَلُوهُأَوَّلَمَرَّةٍوَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟مَاعَلَوْا۟تَتْبِيرًا٧
in aḥsantum aḥsantum li-anfusikum wa-in asatum falahā fa-idhā jāa waʿdu l-ākhirati liyasūū wujūhakum waliyadkhulū l-masjida kamā dakhalūhu awwala marratin waliyutabbirū mā ʿalaw tatbīran

[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.(7)

Word by word

  1. إِنْinIf
  2. أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
  3. أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
  4. لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖli-anfusikumfor yourselves
  5. وَإِنْwa-inand if
  6. أَسَأْتُمْasatumyou do evil
  7. فَلَهَا ۚfalahāthen it is for it
  8. فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
  9. جَآءَjāacame
  10. وَعْدُwaʿdupromise
  11. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe last
  12. لِيَسُۥُٓٔوا۟liyasūūto sadden
  13. وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
  14. وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟waliyadkhulūand to enter
  15. ٱلْمَسْجِدَl-masjidathe Masjid
  16. كَمَاkamājust as
  17. دَخَلُوهُdakhalūhuthey (had) entered it
  18. أَوَّلَawwalafirst
  19. مَرَّةٍmarratintime
  20. وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟waliyutabbirūand to destroy
  21. مَاmāwhat
  22. عَلَوْا۟ʿalawthey had conquered
  23. تَتْبِيرًاtatbīran(with) destruction

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