Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:18

17:18

مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا

man kāna yurīdu l-ʿājilata ʿajjalnā lahu fīhā mā nashāu liman nurīdu thumma jaʿalnā lahu jahannama yaṣlāhā madhmūman madḥūran

Whoever should desire the immediate - We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished.

— Saheeh International

If anyone desires [only] the fleeting life, We speed up whatever We will in it, for whoever We wish; in the end We have prepared Hell for him in which to burn, disgraced and rejected.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Whoever desires the quick-passing (transitory enjoyment of this world), We readily grant him what We will for whom We like. Then, afterwards, We have appointed for him Hell; he will burn therein disgraced and rejected (- far away from Allâh’s Mercy).

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

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Word by Word

مَّنmanWhoever
كَانَkānashould
يُرِيدُyurīdudesire
ٱلْعَاجِلَةَl-ʿājilatathe immediate
عَجَّلْنَاʿajjalnāWe hasten
لَهُۥlahufor him
فِيهَاfīhāin it
مَاmāwhat
نَشَآءُnashāuWe will
لِمَنlimanto whom
نُّرِيدُnurīduWe intend
ثُمَّthummaThen
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
لَهُۥlahufor him
جَهَنَّمَjahannamaHell
يَصْلَىٰهَاyaṣlāhāhe will burn
مَذْمُومًۭاmadhmūmandisgraced
مَّدْحُورًۭاmadḥūranrejected