Quran 17:87 — Al-Israa, verse 87
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if it were not for your Lord’s mercy: His favour to you has been truly great.
إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًا
illā raḥmatan min rabbika inna faḍlahu kāna ʿalayka kabīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- excepting by some mercy of thy Lord; surly His favour to thee is great.
- Muhammad Asad
- [Thou art spared] only by thy Sustainer's grace: behold, His favour towards thee is great indeed!
- Sahih International
- Except [We have left it with you] as a mercy from your Lord. Indeed, His favor upon you has ever been great.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّاillā | Except | — |
| 2 | رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | a mercy | رحم |
| 3 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 4 | رَّبِّكَ ۚrabbika | your Lord | ربب |
| 5 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 6 | فَضْلَهُۥfaḍlahu | His Bounty | فضل |
| 7 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 8 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | upon you | — |
| 9 | كَبِيرًۭاkabīran | great | كبر |