Quran 17:18 — Al-Israa, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If anyone desires [only] the fleeting life, We speed up whatever We will in it, for whoever We wish; in the end We have prepared Hell for him in which to burn, disgraced and rejected.
مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُ فِيهَا مَا نَشَاءُ لِمَنْ نُرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَاهَا مَذْمُومًا مَدْحُورًا
man kāna yurīdu l-ʿājilata ʿajjalnā lahu fīhā mā nashāu liman nurīdu thumma jaʿalnā lahu jahannama yaṣlāhā madhmūman madḥūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whosoever desires this hasty world, We hasten for him therein what We will unto whomsoever We desire; then We appoint for him Gehenna wherein he shall roast, condemned and rejected.
- Muhammad Asad
- Unto him who cares for [no more than the enjoyment of] this fleeting life We readily grant thereof as much as We please, [giving] to whomever it is Our will [to give]; but in the end We consign him to [the suffering of] hell; which he will have to endure disgraced and disowned!
- Sahih International
- Whoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّنman | Whoever | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | should | كون |
| 3 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | desire | رود |
| 4 | ٱلْعَاجِلَةَl-ʿājilata | the immediate | عجل |
| 5 | عَجَّلْنَاʿajjalnā | We hasten | عجل |
| 6 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 7 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 8 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 9 | نَشَآءُnashāu | We will | شيأ |
| 10 | لِمَنliman | to whom | — |
| 11 | نُّرِيدُnurīdu | We intend | رود |
| 12 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 13 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We have made | جعل |
| 14 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 15 | جَهَنَّمَjahannama | Hell | — |
| 16 | يَصْلَىٰهَاyaṣlāhā | he will burn | صلي |
| 17 | مَذْمُومًۭاmadhmūman | disgraced | ذمم |
| 18 | مَّدْحُورًۭاmadḥūran | rejected | دحر |