Quran 17:88 — Al-Israa, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Even if all mankind and jinn came together to produce something like this Quran, they could not produce anything like it, however much they helped each other.’
قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا
qul la-ini ij'tamaʿati l-insu wal-jinu ʿalā an yatū bimith'li hādhā l-qur'āni lā yatūna bimith'lihi walaw kāna baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ẓahīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'If men and jinn banded together to produce the like of this Koran, they would never produce its like, not though they backed one another.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "If all mankind and all invisible beings would come together with a view to producing the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce its like even though they were to exert all their strength in aiding one another!"
- Sahih International
- Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّئِنِla-ini | If | — |
| 3 | ٱجْتَمَعَتِij'tamaʿati | gathered | جمع |
| 4 | ٱلْإِنسُl-insu | the mankind | أنس |
| 5 | وَٱلْجِنُّwal-jinu | and the jinn | جنن |
| 6 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | to | — |
| 7 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 8 | يَأْتُوا۟yatū | bring | أتي |
| 9 | بِمِثْلِbimith'li | the like | مثل |
| 10 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | (of) this | — |
| 11 | ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni | Quran | قرأ |
| 12 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 13 | يَأْتُونَyatūna | they (could) bring | أتي |
| 14 | بِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihi | the like of it | مثل |
| 15 | وَلَوْwalaw | even if | — |
| 16 | كَانَkāna | were | كون |
| 17 | بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 18 | لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍin | to some others | بعض |
| 19 | ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīran | assistants | ظهر |