Quran 17:62 — Al-Israa, verse 62
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and [then] said, ‘You see this being You have honoured above me? If You reprieve me until the Day of Resurrection, I will lead all but a few of his descendants by the nose.’
قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَكَ هَـٰذَا الَّذِي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
qāla ara-aytaka hādhā alladhī karramta ʿalayya la-in akhartani ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati la-aḥtanikanna dhurriyyatahu illā qalīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'What thinkest Thou? This whom Thou hast honoured above me -- if Thou deferrest me to the Day of Resurrection I shall assuredly master his seed, save a few.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [And] he added: "Tell me, is this [foolish being] the one whom Thou hast exalted above me? Indeed, if Thou wilt but allow me a respite till the Day of Resurrection, I shall most certainly cause his descendants-all but a few-to obey me blindly!
- Sahih International
- [Iblees] said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me [i.e., my death] until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتَكَara-aytaka | Do You see | رأي |
| 3 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | whom | — |
| 5 | كَرَّمْتَkarramta | You have honored | كرم |
| 6 | عَلَىَّʿalayya | above me | — |
| 7 | لَئِنْla-in | If | — |
| 8 | أَخَّرْتَنِakhartani | You give me respite | أخر |
| 9 | إِلَىٰilā | till | — |
| 10 | يَوْمِyawmi | (the) Day | يوم |
| 11 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 12 | لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّla-aḥtanikanna | I will surely destroy | حنك |
| 13 | ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓdhurriyyatahu | his offspring | ذرر |
| 14 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 15 | قَلِيلًۭاqalīlan | a few | قلل |