About Surah Al-Isra

Companions of the Prophet commonly called this text Sūrat Banī Isrā’īl, setting apart its historical warning about the Israelites’ two periods of corruption and ruin. Placed fiftieth in revelation order, it followed the al-Isrā’ event—occurring a year and five months before the migration—to confront polytheists who denied the nocturnal transit linking the Kaʿbah to an abandoned Al-Masjid Al-Aqṣā.

The text opens by validating this miracle before aligning the Quran with the Torah and Muḥammad’s mission with Mūsā’s. It then establishes foundational ethics for the nascent Muslim community, laying down core commandments that echo those given to Moses. From these moral laws, the verses dismantle polytheistic theology, recount Satan’s refusal to bow to Adam, and answer demands for specific miracles by asserting the inimitable nature of the Quran itself.

Despite the immediate hostility facing the early believers, a definitive divine guarantee overrides the polytheists' attacks. The Prophet is promised a victorious return to his homeland of Makkah, cementing the certainty that Islam will ultimately triumph.

Surah 17 Juz 15 111 verses

Al-Isra

The Night Journey Meccan

017

Surah Info Reflections Layers

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

17:1

Glory to Him who made His servant travel by night from the sacred place of worship to the furthest place of worship, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him some of Our signs: He alone is the All Hearing, the All Seeing.

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17:2

We also gave Moses the Scripture, and made it a guide for the Children of Israel. ‘Entrust yourselves to no one but Me,

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17:3

you descendants of those We carried with Noah: he was truly a thankful servant.’

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17:4

We declared to the Children of Israel in the Scripture, ‘Twice you will spread corruption in the land and become highly arrogant.’

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17:5

When the first of these warnings was fulfilled, We sent against you servants of Ours with great force, and they ravaged your homes. That warning was fulfilled,

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17:6

but then We allowed you to prevail against your enemy. We increased your wealth and offspring and made you more numerous––

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17:7

whether you do good or evil it is to your own souls––and when the second warning was fulfilled [We sent them] to shame your faces and enter the place of worship as they did the first time, and utterly destroy whatever fell into their power.

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17:8

Your Lord may yet have mercy on you, but if you do the same again, so shall We: We have made Hell a prison for those who defy [Our warning].

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17:9

This Quran does indeed show the straightest way. It gives the faithful who do right the good news that they will have a great reward and

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