Quran 17:99 — Al-Israa, verse 99
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they not see that God, who created the heavens and earth, can create the likes of them [anew]? He has ordained a time for them- there is no doubt about that- but the evildoers refuse everything except disbelief.
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى الظَّالِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا
awalam yaraw anna l-laha alladhī khalaqa l-samāwāti wal-arḍa qādirun ʿalā an yakhluqa mith'lahum wajaʿala lahum ajalan lā rayba fīhi fa-abā l-ẓālimūna illā kufūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Have they not seen that God, who created the heavens and earth, is powerful to create the like of them? He has appointed for them a term, no doubt of it; yet the unbelievers refuse all but unbelief.
- Muhammad Asad
- Are they, then, not aware that God, who has created the heavens and the earth, has the power to create them anew in their own likeness, having, beyond any doubt, set a term for their resurrection? However, all [such] evildoers are unwilling to accept anything but blasphemy!
- Sahih International
- Do they not see that Allāh, who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse except disbelief.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ أَوَلَمْawalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | يَرَوْا۟yaraw | they see | رأي |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the One Who | — |
| 6 | خَلَقَkhalaqa | created | خلق |
| 7 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 8 | وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 9 | قَادِرٌqādirun | (is) Able | قدر |
| 10 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | [on] | — |
| 11 | أَنan | to | — |
| 12 | يَخْلُقَyakhluqa | create | خلق |
| 13 | مِثْلَهُمْmith'lahum | the like of them | مثل |
| 14 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | And He has made | جعل |
| 15 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 16 | أَجَلًۭاajalan | a term | أجل |
| 17 | لَّاlā | no | — |
| 18 | رَيْبَrayba | doubt | ريب |
| 19 | فِيهِfīhi | in it | — |
| 20 | فَأَبَىfa-abā | But refused | أبي |
| 21 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 22 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 23 | كُفُورًۭاkufūran | disbelief | كفر |