Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:51

17:51

أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا

aw khalqan mimmā yakburu fī ṣudūrikum fasayaqūlūna man yuʿīdunā quli alladhī faṭarakum awwala marratin fasayun'ghiḍūna ilayka ruūsahum wayaqūlūna matā huwa qul ʿasā an yakūna qarīban

Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -

— Saheeh International

or any other substance you think hard to bring to life.’ Then they will say, ‘Who will bring us back?’ Say, ‘The One who created you the first time.’ Then they will shake their heads at you and say, ‘When will that be?’ Say, ‘It may well be very soon:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Or some created thing that is yet greater (or harder) in your breasts (thoughts to be resurrected, even then you shall be resurrected)." Then, they will say: "Who shall bring us back (to life)?" Say: "He Who created you first!" Then, they will shake their heads at you and say: "When will that be?" Say: "Perhaps it is near!"

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

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أَوْawOr
خَلْقًۭاkhalqana creation
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
يَكْبُرُyakburu(is) great
فِىfīin
صُدُورِكُمْۚṣudūrikumyour breasts
فَسَيَقُولُونَfasayaqūlūnaThen they will say
مَنmanWho
يُعِيدُنَاۖyuʿīdunāwill restore us
قُلِquliSay
ٱلَّذِىalladhīHe Who
فَطَرَكُمْfaṭarakumcreated you
أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
مَرَّةٍۢۚmarratintime
فَسَيُنْغِضُونَfasayun'ghiḍūnaThen they will shake
إِلَيْكَilaykaat you
رُءُوسَهُمْruūsahumtheir heads
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
مَتَىٰmatāWhen (will)
هُوَۖhuwait (be)
قُلْqulSay
عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
أَنanthat
يَكُونَyakūna(it) will be
قَرِيبًۭاqarībansoon