Quran 17:4 — Al-Israa, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We declared to the Children of Israel in the Scripture, ‘Twice you will spread corruption in the land and become highly arrogant.’
وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
waqaḍaynā ilā banī is'rāīla fī l-kitābi latuf'sidunna fī l-arḍi marratayni walataʿlunna ʿuluwwan kabīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Book: 'You shall do corruption in the earth twice, and you shall ascend exceeding high.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And we made [this] known to the children of Israel through revelation: Twice, indeed, will you spread corruption on earth and will indeed become grossly overbearing!
- Sahih International
- And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَضَيْنَآwaqaḍaynā | And We decreed | قضي |
| 2 | إِلَىٰilā | for | — |
| 3 | بَنِىٓbanī | (the) Children | بني |
| 4 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | the Book | كتب |
| 7 | لَتُفْسِدُنَّlatuf'sidunna | Surely you will cause corruption | فسد |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 10 | مَرَّتَيْنِmarratayni | twice | مرر |
| 11 | وَلَتَعْلُنَّwalataʿlunna | and surely you will reach | علو |
| 12 | عُلُوًّۭاʿuluwwan | haughtiness | علو |
| 13 | كَبِيرًۭاkabīran | great | كبر |