Quran 17:106 — Al-Israa, verse 106
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
it is a recitation that We have revealed in parts, so that you can recite it to people at intervals; We have sent it down little by little.
وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنْزِيلًا
waqur'ānan faraqnāhu litaqra-ahu ʿalā l-nāsi ʿalā muk'thin wanazzalnāhu tanzīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and a Koran We have divided, for thee to recite it to mankind at intervals, and We have sent it down successively.
- Muhammad Asad
- [bearing] a discourse which We have gradually unfolded, so that thou might read it out to mankind by stages, seeing that We have bestowed it from on high step by step, as [one] revelation.
- Sahih International
- And [it is] a Qur’ān which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقُرْءَانًۭاwaqur'ānan | And the Quran | قرأ |
| 2 | فَرَقْنَـٰهُfaraqnāhu | We have divided | فرق |
| 3 | لِتَقْرَأَهُۥlitaqra-ahu | that you might recite it | قرأ |
| 4 | عَلَىʿalā | to | — |
| 5 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 6 | عَلَىٰʿalā | at | — |
| 7 | مُكْثٍۢmuk'thin | intervals | مكث |
| 8 | وَنَزَّلْنَـٰهُwanazzalnāhu | And We have revealed it | نزل |
| 9 | تَنزِيلًۭاtanzīlan | (in) stages | نزل |