سورة الإسراء، الآية ٥٠
قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا ٥٠
qul kūnū ḥijāratan aw ḥadīdan
Say, "Be you stones or iron751
[751] i.e., even if you should be stones or iron.
Verse 50 of Surah Al-Isra (17:50), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 287 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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Say - O Messenger: Become if you can, O idolaters, as hard as stones or as strong as iron, but you will never be able to do this.
Say, “Be you stones or iron43,
[43] i.e., even if you could be stones or iron in hardness or in power.
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) "Be you stones or iron,"
Say: Be ye stones or iron
Say: "(Nay!) be ye stones or iron,
Say: Become stones or iron,
Say, "Be you stones, or iron,
وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلًا وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُۥ قَالَ مَن يُحْىِ ٱلْعِظَٰمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ …
And he presents for Us an example and forgets his [own] creation. He says, "Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?" …
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description [i.e., attribute] in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَٰذَا ٱلْوَعْدُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ
And they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?"
