Quran 17:12 — Al-Israa, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We made the night and the day as two signs, then darkened the night and made the daylight for seeing, for you to seek your Lord’s bounty and to know how to count the years and calculate. We have explained everything in detail.
وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ آيَتَيْنِ ۖ فَمَحَوْنَا آيَةَ اللَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَا آيَةَ النَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِتَبْتَغُوا فَضْلًا مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالْحِسَابَ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَصَّلْنَاهُ تَفْصِيلًا
wajaʿalnā al-layla wal-nahāra āyatayni famaḥawnā āyata al-layli wajaʿalnā āyata l-nahāri mub'ṣiratan litabtaghū faḍlan min rabbikum walitaʿlamū ʿadada l-sinīna wal-ḥisāba wakulla shayin faṣṣalnāhu tafṣīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have appointed the night and the day as two signs; then We have blotted out the sign of the night, and made the sign of the day to see, and that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and that you may know the number of the years, and the reckoning; and everything We have distinguished very distinctly.
- Muhammad Asad
- And We have established the night and the day as two symbols; and thereupon We have effaced the symbol of night and set up [in its place] the light giving symbol of day, so that you might seek to obtain your Sustainer's bounty and be aware of the passing years and of the reckoning [that is bound to come]. For clearly, most clearly, have We spelt out everything!
- Sahih International
- And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | And We have made | جعل |
| 2 | ٱلَّيْلَal-layla | the night | ليل |
| 3 | وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāra | and the day | نهر |
| 4 | ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖāyatayni | (as) two signs | أيي |
| 5 | فَمَحَوْنَآfamaḥawnā | Then We erased | محو |
| 6 | ءَايَةَāyata | (the) sign | أيي |
| 7 | ٱلَّيْلِal-layli | (of) the night | ليل |
| 8 | وَجَعَلْنَآwajaʿalnā | and We made | جعل |
| 9 | ءَايَةَāyata | (the) sign | أيي |
| 10 | ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri | (of) the day | نهر |
| 11 | مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratan | visible | بصر |
| 12 | لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghū | that you may seek | بغي |
| 13 | فَضْلًۭاfaḍlan | bounty | فضل |
| 14 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 15 | رَّبِّكُمْrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 16 | وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟walitaʿlamū | and that you may know | علم |
| 17 | عَدَدَʿadada | (the) number | عدد |
| 18 | ٱلسِّنِينَl-sinīna | (of) the years | سنو |
| 19 | وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚwal-ḥisāba | and the account | حسب |
| 20 | وَكُلَّwakulla | And every | كلل |
| 21 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 22 | فَصَّلْنَـٰهُfaṣṣalnāhu | We have explained it | فصل |
| 23 | تَفْصِيلًۭاtafṣīlan | (in) detail | فصل |