Surah Al-Isra
Quran 17:99
Read Quran 17:99 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 17:99
Have they not seen that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth is Able to create the like of them, and hath appointed for them an end whereof there is no doubt? But the wrong-doers refuse aught save disbelief.
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
- 99 of 111
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 17:99
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 17:99
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ } وهي أكبر من خلق الناس. { قَادِرٌ عَلَى أَنْ يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ } بلى، إنه على ذلك قدير. { و } لكنه قد { وَجَعَل } َ لذلك { أَجَلًا لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ } ولا شك، وإلا فلو شاء لجاءهم به بغتة، ومع إقامته الحجج والأدلة على البعث. { فَأَبَى الظَّالِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا } ظلمًا منهم وافتراء.