Quran 17:13 — Al-Israa, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have bound each human being’s destiny to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out a record for each of them, which they will find spread wide open,
وَكُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ أَلْزَمْنَاهُ طَائِرَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كِتَابًا يَلْقَاهُ مَنْشُورًا
wakulla insānin alzamnāhu ṭāirahu fī ʿunuqihi wanukh'riju lahu yawma l-qiyāmati kitāban yalqāhu manshūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And every man -- We have fastened to him his bird of omen upon his neck; and We shall bring forth for him, on the Day of Resurrection, a book he shall find spread wide open.
- Muhammad Asad
- And every human being's destiny have We tied to his neck; and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring forth for him a record which he will find wide open;
- Sahih International
- And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكُلَّwakulla | And (for) every | كلل |
| 2 | إِنسَـٰنٍinsānin | man | أنس |
| 3 | أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُalzamnāhu | We have fastened to him | لزم |
| 4 | طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥṭāirahu | his fate | طير |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | عُنُقِهِۦ ۖʿunuqihi | his neck | عنق |
| 7 | وَنُخْرِجُwanukh'riju | and We will bring forth | خرج |
| 8 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 9 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 10 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 11 | كِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban | a record | كتب |
| 12 | يَلْقَىٰهُyalqāhu | which he will find | لقي |
| 13 | مَنشُورًاmanshūran | wide open | نشر |