Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:12

17:12

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ تَفْصِيلًا

wajaʿalnā al-layla wal-nahāra āyatayni famaḥawnā āyata al-layli wajaʿalnā āyata l-nahāri mub'ṣiratan litabtaghū faḍlan min rabbikum walitaʿlamū ʿadada l-sinīna wal-ḥisāba wakulla shayin faṣṣalnāhu tafṣīlan

And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail.

— Saheeh International

We made the night and the day as two signs, then darkened the night and made the daylight for seeing, for you to seek your Lord’s bounty and to know how to count the years and calculate. We have explained everything in detail.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We have appointed the night and the day as two Ayât (signs etc.). Then, We have obliterated the sign of the night (with darkness) while We have made the sign of the day illuminating, that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and that you may know the number of the years and the reckoning. And We have explained everything (in detail) with full explanation.

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

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Word by Word

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāAnd We have made
ٱلَّيْلَal-laylathe night
وَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand the day
ءَايَتَيْنِۖāyatayni(as) two signs
فَمَحَوْنَآfamaḥawnāThen We erased
ءَايَةَāyata(the) sign
ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
وَجَعَلْنَآwajaʿalnāand We made
ءَايَةَāyata(the) sign
ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day
مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratanvisible
لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟litabtaghūthat you may seek
فَضْلًۭاfaḍlanbounty
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟walitaʿlamūand that you may know
عَدَدَʿadada(the) number
ٱلسِّنِينَl-sinīna(of) the years
وَٱلْحِسَابَۚwal-ḥisābaand the account
وَكُلَّwakullaAnd every
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
فَصَّلْنَـٰهُfaṣṣalnāhuWe have explained it
تَفْصِيلًۭاtafṣīlan(in) detail