Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 93 (17:93)

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أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ …

Quran 17:93 is ayah 93 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 291 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:93
أَوْيَكُونَلَكَبَيْتٌمِّنزُخْرُفٍأَوْتَرْقَىٰفِىٱلسَّمَآءِوَلَننُّؤْمِنَلِرُقِيِّكَحَتَّىٰتُنَزِّلَعَلَيْنَاكِتَٰبًانَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗقُلْسُبْحَانَرَبِّىهَلْكُنتُإِلَّابَشَرًارَّسُولًا٩٣
aw yakūna laka baytun min zukh'rufin aw tarqā fī l-samāi walan nu'mina liruqiyyika ḥattā tunazzila ʿalaynā kitāban naqra-uhu qul sub'ḥāna rabbī hal kuntu illā basharan rasūlan

Or you have a house of ornament [i.e., gold] or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"(93)

Word by word

  1. أَوْawOr
  2. يَكُونَyakūnais
  3. لَكَlakafor you
  4. بَيْتٌbaytuna house
  5. مِّنminof
  6. زُخْرُفٍzukh'rufinornament
  7. أَوْawor
  8. تَرْقَىٰtarqāyou ascend
  9. فِىfīinto
  10. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  11. وَلَنwalanAnd never
  12. نُّؤْمِنَnu'minawe will believe
  13. لِرُقِيِّكَliruqiyyikain your ascension
  14. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  15. تُنَزِّلَtunazzilayou bring down
  16. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
  17. كِتَٰبًاkitābana book
  18. نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗnaqra-uhuwe could read it
  19. قُلْqulSay
  20. سُبْحَانَsub'ḥānaGlorified (is)
  21. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  22. هَلْhalWhat
  23. كُنتُkuntuam I
  24. إِلَّاillābut
  25. بَشَرًاbasharana human
  26. رَّسُولًاrasūlana Messenger

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