Quran 17:60 — Al-Israa, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], We have told you that your Lord knows all about human beings. The vision We showed you was only a test for people, as was the cursed tree [mentioned] in the Quran. We warn them, but this only increases their insolence.
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّؤْيَا الَّتِي أَرَيْنَاكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَانًا كَبِيرًا
wa-idh qul'nā laka inna rabbaka aḥāṭa bil-nāsi wamā jaʿalnā l-ru'yā allatī araynāka illā fit'natan lilnnāsi wal-shajarata l-malʿūnata fī l-qur'āni wanukhawwifuhum famā yazīduhum illā ṭugh'yānan kabīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We said to thee, 'Surely thy Lord encompasses men,' and We made the vision that We showed thee and the tree cursed in the Koran to be only a trial for men; and We frighten them, but it only increases them in great insolence.
- Muhammad Asad
- And lo! We said unto thee, [O Prophet:] "Behold, thy Sustainer encompasses all mankind [within His knowledge and might]: and so We have ordained that the vision which We have shown thee -as also the tree [of hell,] cursed in this Qur'an - shall be but a trial for men. Now [by Our mentioning hell] We convey a warning to them: but [if they are bent on denying the truth,] this [warning] only increases their gross, overweening arrogance."
- Sahih International
- And [remember, O Muḥammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur’ān. And We threaten [i.e., warn] them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قُلْنَاqul'nā | We said | قول |
| 3 | لَكَlaka | to you | — |
| 4 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 5 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 6 | أَحَاطَaḥāṭa | has encompassed | حوط |
| 7 | بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚbil-nāsi | the mankind | نوس |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 9 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We made | جعل |
| 10 | ٱلرُّءْيَاl-ru'yā | the vision | رأي |
| 11 | ٱلَّتِىٓallatī | which | — |
| 12 | أَرَيْنَـٰكَaraynāka | We showed you | رأي |
| 13 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 14 | فِتْنَةًۭfit'natan | (as) a trial | فتن |
| 15 | لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for mankind | نوس |
| 16 | وَٱلشَّجَرَةَwal-shajarata | and the tree | شجر |
| 17 | ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَl-malʿūnata | the accursed | لعن |
| 18 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 19 | ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚl-qur'āni | the Quran | قرأ |
| 20 | وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْwanukhawwifuhum | And We threaten them | خوف |
| 21 | فَمَاfamā | but not | — |
| 22 | يَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhum | it increases them | زيد |
| 23 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 24 | طُغْيَـٰنًۭاṭugh'yānan | (in) transgression | طغي |
| 25 | كَبِيرًۭاkabīran | great | كبر |