Quran 17:93 — Al-Israa, verse 93
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
or have a house made of gold; or ascend into the sky- even then, we will not believe in your ascension until you send a real book down for us to read.’ Say, ‘Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything but a mortal, a messenger?’
أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِنْ زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَلَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابًا نَقْرَؤُهُ ۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي هَلْ كُنْتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَسُولًا
aw yakūna laka baytun min zukh'rufin aw tarqā fī l-samāi walan nu'mina liruqiyyika ḥattā tunazzila ʿalaynā kitāban naqra-uhu qul sub'ḥāna rabbī hal kuntu illā basharan rasūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- or till thou possessest a house of gold ornament, or till thou goest up into heaven; and we will not believe thy going up till thou bringest down on us a book that we may read. Say: 'Glory be to my Lord. Am I aught but a mortal, a Messenger?'
- Muhammad Asad
- or thou have a house [made] of gold, or thou ascend to heaven - but nay, we would not [even] believe in thy ascension unless thou bring down to us [from heaven] a writing which we [ourselves] could read! Say thou, [O Prophet:] "Limitless in His glory is my Sustainer! Am I, then, aught but a mortal man, an apostle?"
- Sahih International
- Or you have a house of ornament [i.e., gold] or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوْaw | Or | — |
| 2 | يَكُونَyakūna | is | كون |
| 3 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 4 | بَيْتٌۭbaytun | a house | بيت |
| 5 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 6 | زُخْرُفٍzukh'rufin | ornament | زخرف |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | تَرْقَىٰtarqā | you ascend | رقي |
| 9 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 10 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 11 | وَلَنwalan | And never | — |
| 12 | نُّؤْمِنَnu'mina | we will believe | أمن |
| 13 | لِرُقِيِّكَliruqiyyika | in your ascension | رقي |
| 14 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 15 | تُنَزِّلَtunazzila | you bring down | نزل |
| 16 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | to us | — |
| 17 | كِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban | a book | كتب |
| 18 | نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ ۗnaqra-uhu | we could read it | قرأ |
| 19 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 20 | سُبْحَانَsub'ḥāna | Glorified (is) | سبح |
| 21 | رَبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 22 | هَلْhal | What | — |
| 23 | كُنتُkuntu | am I | كون |
| 24 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 25 | بَشَرًۭاbasharan | a human | بشر |
| 26 | رَّسُولًۭاrasūlan | a Messenger | رسل |