Quran 17:14 — Al-Israa, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘Read your record. Today your own soul is enough to calculate your account.’
اقْرَأْ كِتَابَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا
iq'ra kitābaka kafā binafsika l-yawma ʿalayka ḥasīban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Read thy book! Thy soul suffices thee this day as a reckoner against thee.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [and he will be told:] "Read this thy record,! Sufficient is thine own self today to make out thine account!"
- Sahih International
- [It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱقْرَأْiq'ra | Read | قرأ |
| 2 | كِتَـٰبَكَkitābaka | your record | كتب |
| 3 | كَفَىٰkafā | Sufficient | كفي |
| 4 | بِنَفْسِكَbinafsika | (is) yourself | نفس |
| 5 | ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma | today | يوم |
| 6 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | against you | — |
| 7 | حَسِيبًۭاḥasīban | (as) accountant | حسب |