Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 93
| 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 |
| Transliteration | : | 'aw yakon la- -ka bayt min zukhruf 'aw tarqaa fe as- samaa' wa- lan nu'min li- ruqey -ka h.attaa tunazzil calay -naa kitaab(an) naqra' -hu qul subh.aana rabb -e hal kuntu 'illaa bashar(an) rasol(an) |
| Pickthall | : | Thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend up into heaven, and even then we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring down for us a book that we can read. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord be glorified! Am I naught save a mortal messenger? |
| 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!"109 Say thou, [O Prophet:] Limitless in His glory is my Sustainer!110 Am I, then, aught but a mortal man, an apostle?" |
| Malik | : | or a house made with gold comes into being for you; or you ascend to the sky - we shall not even believe in your ascendance until you bring down to us a book that we can read." O Muhammad, tell them: "Glory be to my Rabb! Have I ever claimed to be anything more than a human Rasool?" |
| Yusuf Ali | : | "Or thou have a house adorned with gold or thou mount a ladder right into the skies. No we shall not even believe in thy mounting until thou send down to us a book that we could read." Say: "Glory to my Lord! am I aught but a man an apostle?" 2296 2297 2298 |
Note - 110I.e., "miracles are in the power of God alone" (cf.
6:109 and the corresponding note [94]).
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Note - 2296Cf. vi. 35 about a ladder to the skies.
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Note - 2297Cf. vi. 7 for the foolish idea of materialistic sceptics
that a spiritual revelation could come down from the
heavens on a piece of parchment that they can touch.
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Note - 2298A prophet or messenger of Allah is a man at the command
of Allah, and not to satisfy the disingenuous whims and
fancies of Unbelievers. Miracles greater than any that
their foolish fancies could devise were before them. The
Qur-an was such a miracle, and it is a standing miracle
that lasts through the ages. Why did they not believe?
The real reason was spite and jealousy like that of
Iblis. See next verse.
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I.e., "miracles are in the power of God alone" (cf. 6:109 and the corresponding note [94]). |
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Cf. vi. 7 for the foolish idea of materialistic sceptics that a spiritual revelation could come down from the heavens on a piece of parchment that they can touch. |
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A prophet or messenger of Allah is a man at the command of Allah, and not to satisfy the disingenuous whims and fancies of Unbelievers. Miracles greater than any that their foolish fancies could devise were before them. The Qur-an was such a miracle, and it is a standing miracle that lasts through the ages. Why did they not believe? The real reason was spite and jealousy like that of Iblis. See next verse. |
