Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 72 (17:72)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

Quran 17:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 289 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:72
وَمَنكَانَفِىهَٰذِهِۦٓأَعْمَىٰفَهُوَفِىٱلَْٔاخِرَةِأَعْمَىٰوَأَضَلُّسَبِيلًا٧٢
waman kāna fī hādhihi aʿmā fahuwa fī l-ākhirati aʿmā wa-aḍallu sabīlan

And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way.(72)

Word by word

  1. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  2. كَانَkānais
  3. فِىfīin
  4. هَٰذِهِۦٓhādhihithis (world)
  5. أَعْمَىٰaʿmāblind
  6. فَهُوَfahuwathen he
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  9. أَعْمَىٰaʿmā(will be) blind
  10. وَأَضَلُّwa-aḍalluand more astray
  11. سَبِيلًاsabīlan(from the) path

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