Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:88

17:88

قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا

qul la-ini ij'tamaʿati l-insu wal-jinu ʿalā an yatū bimith'li hādhā l-qur'āni lā yatūna bimith'lihi walaw kāna baʿḍuhum libaʿḍin ẓahīran

Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur’ān, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Even if all mankind and jinn came together to produce something like this Quran, they could not produce anything like it, however much they helped each other.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "If the mankind and the jinn were together to produce the like of this Qur’ân, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped one another."

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

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Word by Word

قُلqulSay
لَّئِنِla-iniIf
ٱجْتَمَعَتِij'tamaʿatigathered
ٱلْإِنسُl-insuthe mankind
وَٱلْجِنُّwal-jinuand the jinn
عَلَىٰٓʿalāto
أَنan[that]
يَأْتُوا۟yatūbring
بِمِثْلِbimith'lithe like
هَـٰذَاhādhā(of) this
ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āniQuran
لَاlānot
يَأْتُونَyatūnathey (could) bring
بِمِثْلِهِۦbimith'lihithe like of it
وَلَوْwalaweven if
كَانَkānawere
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
لِبَعْضٍۢlibaʿḍinto some others
ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīranassistants