Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:60

17:60

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَـٰنًا كَبِيرًا

wa-idh qul'nā laka inna rabbaka aḥāṭa bil-nāsi wamā jaʿalnā l-ru'yā allatī araynāka illā fit'natan lilnnāsi wal-shajarata l-malʿūnata fī l-qur'āni wanukhawwifuhum famā yazīduhum illā ṭugh'yānan kabīran

And [remember, O Muḥammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur’ān. And We threaten [i.e., warn] them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], We have told you that your Lord knows all about human beings. The vision We showed you was only a test for people, as was the cursed tree [mentioned] in the Quran. We warn them, but this only increases their insolence.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when We told you: "Verily! Your Lord has encompassed mankind (i.e. they are in His Grip)." And We made not the vision which we showed you (O Muhammad as an actual eye-witness and not as a dream on the night of Al-Isrâ’) but a trial for mankind, and (likewise) the accursed tree (Zaqqûm, mentioned) in the Qur’ân. We warn and make them afraid but it only increases them in naught save great disbelief, oppression and disobedience to Allâh.

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

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
لَكَlakato you
إِنَّinnaIndeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
أَحَاطَaḥāṭahas encompassed
بِٱلنَّاسِۚbil-nāsithe mankind
وَمَاwamāAnd not
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
ٱلرُّءْيَاl-ru'yāthe vision
ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
أَرَيْنَـٰكَaraynākaWe showed you
إِلَّاillāexcept
فِتْنَةًۭfit'natan(as) a trial
لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
وَٱلشَّجَرَةَwal-shajarataand the tree
ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَl-malʿūnatathe accursed
فِىfīin
ٱلْقُرْءَانِۚl-qur'ānithe Quran
وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْwanukhawwifuhumAnd We threaten them
فَمَاfamābut not
يَزِيدُهُمْyazīduhumit increases them
إِلَّاillāexcept
طُغْيَـٰنًۭاṭugh'yānan(in) transgression
كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat