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Quran 17:1Al-Israa, verse 1

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

Glory to Him who made His servant travel by night from the sacred place of worship to the furthest place of worship, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him some of Our signs: He alone is the All Hearing, the All Seeing.

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

sub'ḥāna alladhī asrā biʿabdihi laylan mina l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ilā l-masjidi l-aqṣā alladhī bāraknā ḥawlahu linuriyahu min āyātinā innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-baṣīru

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-Israa verse 1
#WordMeaningRoot
1سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaExaltedسبح
2ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
3أَسْرَىٰasrātookسري
4بِعَبْدِهِۦbiʿabdihiHis servantعبد
5لَيْلًۭاlaylan(by) nightليل
6مِّنَminafrom
7ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid Al-Haraamسجد
8ٱلْحَرَامِl-ḥarāmiAl-Masjid Al-Haraamحرم
9إِلَىilāto
10ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidiAl-Masjid Al-Aqsaسجد
11ٱلْأَقْصَاl-aqṣāAl-Masjid Al-Aqsaقصو
12ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
13بَـٰرَكْنَاbāraknāWe blessedبرك
14حَوْلَهُۥḥawlahuits surroundingsحول
15لِنُرِيَهُۥlinuriyahuthat We may show himرأي
16مِنْminof
17ءَايَـٰتِنَآ ۚāyātināOur Signsأيي
18إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed He
19هُوَhuwaHe
20ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearerسمع
21ٱلْبَصِيرُl-baṣīruthe All-Seerبصر