Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 95 (17:95)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ …

Quran 17:95 is ayah 95 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.

17:95
قُللَّوْكَانَفِىٱلْأَرْضِمَلَٰٓئِكَةٌيَمْشُونَمُطْمَئِنِّينَلَنَزَّلْنَاعَلَيْهِممِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِمَلَكًارَّسُولًا٩٥
qul law kāna fī l-arḍi malāikatun yamshūna muṭ'ma-innīna lanazzalnā ʿalayhim mina l-samāi malakan rasūlan

Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."(95)

Word by word

  1. قُلqulSay
  2. لَّوْlawIf
  3. كَانَkāna(there) were
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  6. مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌmalāikatunAngels
  7. يَمْشُونَyamshūnawalking
  8. مُطْمَئِنِّينَmuṭ'ma-innīnasecurely
  9. لَنَزَّلْنَاlanazzalnāsurely We (would) have sent down
  10. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
  11. مِّنَminafrom
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
  13. مَلَكًاmalakanan Angel
  14. رَّسُولًاrasūlan(as) a Messenger

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