Surah Al-Isra
Quran 17:108
Read Quran 17:108 from Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 17:108
وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا١٠٨
Saying: Glory to our Lord! Verily the promise of our Lord must be fulfilled.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 17. Al-Isra (The Night Journey)
- Ayah
- 108 of 111
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 17:108
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 17:108
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا } عما لا يليق بجلاله، مما نسبه إليه المشركون. { إِنْ كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا } بالبعث والجزاء بالأعمال { لَمَفْعُولًا } لا خلف فيه ولا شك.