Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:107

17:107

قُلْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا

qul āminū bihi aw lā tu'minū inna alladhīna ūtū l-ʿil'ma min qablihi idhā yut'lā ʿalayhim yakhirrūna lil'adhqāni sujjadan

Say, "Believe in it or do not believe." Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it - when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration,

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Whether you believe it or not, those who were given knowledge earlier fall down on their faces when it is recited to them,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم to them): "Believe in it (the Qur’ân) or do not believe (in it). Verily those who were given knowledge before it (the Jews and the Christians like ‘Abdullâh bin Salâm and Salmân Al-Farisî), when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve
بِهِۦٓbihiin it
أَوْawor
لَاlā(do) not
تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ۚtu'minūbelieve
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْعِلْمَl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
مِنminbefore it
قَبْلِهِۦٓqablihibefore it
إِذَاidhāwhen
يُتْلَىٰyut'lāit is recited
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
يَخِرُّونَyakhirrūnathey fall
لِلْأَذْقَانِlil'adhqānion their faces
سُجَّدًۭاsujjadan(in) prostration