Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:13

17:13

وَكُلَّ إِنسَـٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ كِتَـٰبًا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا

wakulla insānin alzamnāhu ṭāirahu fī ʿunuqihi wanukh'riju lahu yawma l-qiyāmati kitāban yalqāhu manshūran

And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.

— Saheeh International

We have bound each human being’s destiny to his neck. On the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out a record for each of them, which they will find spread wide open,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We have fastened every man’s deeds to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open.

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

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Word by Word

وَكُلَّwakullaAnd (for) every
إِنسَـٰنٍinsāninman
أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُalzamnāhuWe have fastened to him
طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥṭāirahuhis fate
فِىfīin
عُنُقِهِۦۖʿunuqihihis neck
وَنُخْرِجُwanukh'rijuand We will bring forth
لَهُۥlahufor him
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābana record
يَلْقَىٰهُyalqāhuwhich he will find
مَنشُورًاmanshūranwide open