Quran 17:8 — Al-Israa, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord may yet have mercy on you, but if you do the same again, so shall We: We have made Hell a prison for those who defy [Our warning].
عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَنْ يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَإِنْ عُدْتُمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ حَصِيرًا
ʿasā rabbukum an yarḥamakum wa-in ʿudttum ʿud'nā wajaʿalnā jahannama lil'kāfirīna ḥaṣīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Perchance your Lord will have mercy upon you; but if you return, We shall return; and We have made Gehenna a prison for the unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Your Sustainer may well show mercy unto you; but if you revert [to sinning], We shall revert [to chastising you]. And [remember this:] We have ordained that [in the hereafter] hell shall close upon all who deny the truth.
- Sahih International
- [Then Allāh said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | عَسَىٰʿasā | (It) may be | عسي |
| 2 | رَبُّكُمْrabbukum | that your Lord | ربب |
| 3 | أَنan | that your Lord | — |
| 4 | يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚyarḥamakum | (may) have mercy upon you | رحم |
| 5 | وَإِنْwa-in | But if | — |
| 6 | عُدتُّمْʿudttum | you return | عود |
| 7 | عُدْنَا ۘʿud'nā | We will return | عود |
| 8 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | And We have made | جعل |
| 9 | جَهَنَّمَjahannama | Hell | — |
| 10 | لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīna | for the disbelievers | كفر |
| 11 | حَصِيرًاḥaṣīran | a prison-bed | حصر |