Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:110

17:110

قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ ۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا

quli id'ʿū l-laha awi id'ʿū l-raḥmāna ayyan mā tadʿū falahu l-asmāu l-ḥus'nā walā tajhar biṣalātika walā tukhāfit bihā wa-ib'taghi bayna dhālika sabīlan

Say, "Call upon Allāh or call upon the Most Merciful [ar-Raḥmān]. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.

— Saheeh International

Say [to them], ‘Call on God, or on the Lord of Mercy- whatever names you call Him, the best names belong to Him.’ [Prophet], do not be too loud in your prayer, or too quiet, but seek a middle way

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "Invoke Allâh or invoke the Most Gracious (Allâh), by whatever name you invoke Him (it is the same), for to Him belong the Best Names. And offer your Salât (prayer) neither aloud nor in a low voice, but follow a way between.

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

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Word by Word

قُلِquliSay
ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūInvoke
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
أَوِawior
ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūinvoke
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَۖl-raḥmānathe Most Gracious
أَيًّۭاayyanBy whatever (name)
مَّاmāBy whatever (name)
تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūyou invoke
فَلَهُfalahuto Him (belongs)
ٱلْأَسْمَآءُl-asmāuthe Most Beautiful Names
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰۚl-ḥus'nāthe Most Beautiful Names
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَجْهَرْtajharbe loud
بِصَلَاتِكَbiṣalātikain your prayers
وَلَاwalāand not
تُخَافِتْtukhāfitbe silent
بِهَاbihātherein
وَٱبْتَغِwa-ib'taghibut seek
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way