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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 9

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٩

17:9 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 283 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:9

إِنَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَهْدِى لِلَّتِى هِىَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا ۝٩

Transliteration

inna hādhā l-qur'āna yahdī lillatī hiya aqwamu wayubashiru l-mu'minīna alladhīna yaʿmalūna l-ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran kabīran

Translation

Indeed, this Qur’ān guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward

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Verse 9 of Surah Al-Isra (17:9), 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 9

Al-Mukhtasar

This Qur’ān that is revealed to Muhammad (peace be on him) guides to the best way, which is the way of Islam, and it informs those who have faith in Allah and who do good deeds of something that will please them, which is that they will receive a great reward from Allah.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Isra

Other translations of verse 9

Indeed, this Qur’an guides to what is most upright and gives glad tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward.

Verily, this Qur’ân guides to that which is most just and right and gives glad tidings to the believers (in the Oneness of Allâh and His Messenger, Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a great reward (Paradise).

Lo! this Qur'an guideth unto that which is straightest, and giveth tidings unto the believers who do good works that theirs will be a great reward.

Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable), and giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward;

Surely this Quran guides to that which is most upright and gives good news to the believers who do good that they shall have a great reward.

Surely this Qur'an guides to (the way) that is more upright, and gives good tidings to the believers who do deeds of righteousness that they will a great reward,

Verse 9 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. هَٰذَا hādhā this
  3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَ l-qur'āna the Quran ق ر أ
  4. يَهْدِى yahdī guides ه د ي
  5. لِلَّتِى lillatī to that
  6. هِىَ hiya which
  7. أَقْوَمُ aqwamu (is) most straight ق و م
  8. وَيُبَشِّرُ wayubashiru and gives glad tidings ب ش ر
  9. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna to the believers أ م ن
  10. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  11. يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna do ع م ل
  12. ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ l-ṣāliḥāti the righteous deeds ص ل ح
  13. أَنَّ anna that
  14. لَهُمْ lahum for them
  15. أَجْرًا ajran (is) a reward أ ج ر
  16. كَبِيرًا kabīran great ك ب ر

Verses related to verse 9

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Fussilat 41:46

    مَّنْ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِۦ وَمَنْ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    Whoever does righteousness - it is for his [own] soul; and whoever does evil [does so] against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to [His] servants.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:21

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    Those who disbelieve in the signs of Allāh and kill the prophets without right and kill those who order justice from among the people - give them tidings of a painful punishment.

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  • Al-Kahf 18:2

    قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا

    [He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward [i.e., Paradise]

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