Quran 17:92 — Al-Israa, verse 92
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
or make the sky fall on us in pieces, as you claimed will happen; or bring God and the angels before us face to face;
أَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَاءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِيَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ قَبِيلًا
aw tus'qiṭa l-samāa kamā zaʿamta ʿalaynā kisafan aw tatiya bil-lahi wal-malāikati qabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- or till thou makest heaven to fall, as thou assertest, on us in fragments, or thou bringest God and the angels as a surety,
- Muhammad Asad
- or thou cause the skies to fall down upon us in smithereens, as thou hast threatened, or [till] thou bring God and the angels face to face before us,
- Sahih International
- Or you make the heaven fall upon us in fragments as you have claimed or you bring Allāh and the angels before [us]
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوْaw | Or | — |
| 2 | تُسْقِطَtus'qiṭa | you cause to fall | سقط |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa | the sky | سمو |
| 4 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 5 | زَعَمْتَzaʿamta | you have claimed | زعم |
| 6 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | upon us | — |
| 7 | كِسَفًاkisafan | (in) pieces | كسف |
| 8 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 9 | تَأْتِىَtatiya | you bring | أتي |
| 10 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِwal-malāikati | and the Angels | ملك |
| 12 | قَبِيلًاqabīlan | before (us) | قبل |