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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 14

سورة الإسراء، الآية ١٤

17:14 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 283 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:14

ٱقْرَأْ كِتَٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا ۝١٤

Transliteration

iq'ra kitābaka kafā binafsika l-yawma ʿalayka ḥasīban

Translation

[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."

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Verse 14 of Surah Al-Isra (17:14), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 283 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 14

Al-Mukhtasar

I will say to him on that day: O Man! Read your book and take an account of your soul for your deeds. You are enough to take an account of yourself on the Day of Judgement.

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Other translations of verse 14

[It will be said,] “Read your record; this Day you are sufficient to take account of yourself12.”

Notes

[12] Everyone will be dealt with justly.

(It will be said to him): "Read your book. You yourself are sufficient as a reckoner against you this Day."

(And it will be said unto him): Read thy Book. Thy soul sufficeth as reckoner against thee this day.

(It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: Sufficient is thy soul this day to make out an account against thee."

Read your book; your own self is sufficient as a reckoner against you this day.

"Read your book! Your self suffices you this day as a constant-reckoner against you."

Verse 14 word by word

  1. ٱقْرَأْ iq'ra Read ق ر أ
  2. كِتَٰبَكَ kitābaka your record ك ت ب
  3. كَفَىٰ kafā Sufficient ك ف ي
  4. بِنَفْسِكَ binafsika (is) yourself ن ف س
  5. ٱلْيَوْمَ l-yawma today ي و م
  6. عَلَيْكَ ʿalayka against you
  7. حَسِيبًا ḥasīban (as) accountant ح س ب

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