Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:95

17:95

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا

qul law kāna fī l-arḍi malāikatun yamshūna muṭ'ma-innīna lanazzalnā ʿalayhim mina l-samāi malakan rasūlan

Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘If there were angels walking about on earth, feeling at home, We would have sent them an angel from Heaven as a messenger.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say: "If there were on the earth, angels walking about in peace and security, We should certainly have sent down for them from the heaven an angel as a Messenger."

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

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قُلqulSay
لَّوْlawIf
كَانَkāna(there) were
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌۭmalāikatunAngels
يَمْشُونَyamshūnawalking
مُطْمَئِنِّينَmuṭ'ma-innīnasecurely
لَنَزَّلْنَاlanazzalnāsurely We (would) have sent down
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimto them
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
مَلَكًۭاmalakanan Angel
رَّسُولًۭاrasūlan(as) a Messenger