Quran 17:57 — Al-Israa, verse 57
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those [angels] they pray to are themselves seeking a way to their Lord, even those who are closest to Him. They hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. The punishment of your Lord is much to be feared:
أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا
ulāika alladhīna yadʿūna yabtaghūna ilā rabbihimu l-wasīlata ayyuhum aqrabu wayarjūna raḥmatahu wayakhāfūna ʿadhābahu inna ʿadhāba rabbika kāna maḥdhūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those they call upon are themselves seeking the means to come to their Lord, which of them shall be nearer; they hope for His mercy, and fear His chastisement. Surely thy Lord's chastisement is a thing to beware of.
- Muhammad Asad
- Those [saintly beings] whom they invoke are themselves striving to obtain their Sustainer's favour - [even] those among them who are closest [to Him] - hoping for His grace and dreading His chastisement: for, verily, thy Sustainer's chastisement is something to beware of!
- Sahih International
- Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | whom | — |
| 3 | يَدْعُونَyadʿūna | they call | دعو |
| 4 | يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūna | seek | بغي |
| 5 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 6 | رَبِّهِمُrabbihimu | their Lord | ربب |
| 7 | ٱلْوَسِيلَةَl-wasīlata | the means of access | وسل |
| 8 | أَيُّهُمْayyuhum | which of them | — |
| 9 | أَقْرَبُaqrabu | (is) nearest | قرب |
| 10 | وَيَرْجُونَwayarjūna | and they hope | رجو |
| 11 | رَحْمَتَهُۥraḥmatahu | (for) His mercy | رحم |
| 12 | وَيَخَافُونَwayakhāfūna | and fear | خوف |
| 13 | عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚʿadhābahu | His punishment | عذب |
| 14 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 15 | عَذَابَʿadhāba | (the) punishment | عذب |
| 16 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 17 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 18 | مَحْذُورًۭاmaḥdhūran | (ever) feared | حذر |