Sura 17 The Children of Israel (Bani Israel)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[17:1] Glory to the One who summoned His servant by night from the Masjid Al-Haram to the Masjid Al-Aqssa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. He is the Hearer, the Seer.

[17:2] And We gave Moses the Book, and We rendered it a guidance for the Children of Israel that: "You are not to take other than Me as a Trustee."

[17:3] They are the descendants of those whom We carried with Noah; he was a thankful servant.

[17:4] We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Book, "You will corrupt in the land twice, and you will rise to a great height.

[17:5] When the first of the two promises came true, We sent against you servants of Ours who possess great might, and they rampaged through the homes. It was a promise which was fulfilled.

[17:6] Then We returned to you the upper hand over them, and supplied you with wealth and children and made you greater in number.

[17:7] If you do good deeds, you do so for your own good, and if you commit sins, it is to your own detriment. Then, when the final promise comes true, they will sadden your faces, and they will enter the masjid as they entered it the first time, and they will completely destroy what they had conquered.

[17:8] Perhaps your Lord shall have mercy upon you. But if you revert, We will also revert. We have designated Hell as a prison for the disbelievers."

[17:9] This Quran guides to what is most upright and gives good news to the believers who do good deeds that they shall have a great reward.

[17:10] As for those who disbelieve in the Hereafter, We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

[17:11] The human being prays for evil just as he prays for good. The human being is hasty.

[17:12] We rendered the night and the day two signs. We blotted out the sign of the night, and We rendered the sign of the day a time for seeing so that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and for you to know the count of the years and for calculation. We have fully detailed everything.

[17:13] We have bound every human being's omen to his own neck. On the Day of Resurrection, We will produce for him a book which he will find laid open.

[17:14] Read your own book. Today you suffice as a reckoner against yourself.

[17:15] Whoever is guided is guided for himself, and whoever goes astray does so to his own detriment. No burden-bearer bears the burden of another, and We are not to punish without having first sent a messenger.

[17:16] If We wish to annihilate a village, We command those in it who live a life of luxury, but they behave wickedly therein. And so the Word becomes justified upon it, and We annihilate it completely.

Footnote 17:16 - To attain the correct meaning of 17:16, it is necessary to read it in conjunction with the previous verse (17:15).