Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:59

17:59

وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا

wamā manaʿanā an nur'sila bil-āyāti illā an kadhaba bihā l-awalūna waātaynā thamūda l-nāqata mub'ṣiratan faẓalamū bihā wamā nur'silu bil-āyāti illā takhwīfan

And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs [i.e., miracles] except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.

— Saheeh International

Nothing prevents Us from sending miraculous signs, except the fact that previous peoples denied them. We gave the people of Thamud the she-camel as a clear sign, yet they maltreated it. We send signs only to give warning.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayât (proofs, evidence, signs) but that the people of old denied them. And We sent the she-camel to Thamûd as a clear sign, but they did her wrong. And We sent not the signs except to warn, and to make them afraid (of destruction).

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
مَنَعَنَآmanaʿanāstopped Us
أَنanthat
نُّرْسِلَnur'silaWe send
بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِbil-āyātithe Signs
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
كَذَّبَkadhabadenied
بِهَاbihāthem
ٱلْأَوَّلُونَۚl-awalūnathe former (people)
وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd We gave
ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
ٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqatathe she-camel
مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratan(as) a visible sign
فَظَلَمُوا۟faẓalamūbut they wronged
بِهَاۚbihāher
وَمَاwamāAnd not
نُرْسِلُnur'siluWe send
بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِbil-āyātithe Signs
إِلَّاillāexcept
تَخْوِيفًۭاtakhwīfan(as) a warning