Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:62

17:62

قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

qāla ara-aytaka hādhā alladhī karramta ʿalayya la-in akhartani ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati la-aḥtanikanna dhurriyyatahu illā qalīlan

[Iblees] said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me [i.e., my death] until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few."

— Saheeh International

and [then] said, ‘You see this being You have honoured above me? If You reprieve me until the Day of Resurrection, I will lead all but a few of his descendants by the nose.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Iblîs (Satan)] said: "See this one whom You have honoured above me, if You give me respite (keep me alive) to the Day of Resurrection, I will surely seize and mislead his offspring (by sending them astray) all but a few!"

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
أَرَءَيْتَكَara-aytakaDo You see
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhom
كَرَّمْتَkarramtaYou have honored
عَلَىَّʿalayyaabove me
لَئِنْla-inIf
أَخَّرْتَنِakhartaniYou give me respite
إِلَىٰilātill
يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّla-aḥtanikannaI will surely destroy
ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓdhurriyyatahuhis offspring
إِلَّاillāexcept
قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few