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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 90

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٩٠

17:90 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 291 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:90

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا ۝٩٠

Transliteration

waqālū lan nu'mina laka ḥattā tafjura lanā mina l-arḍi yanbūʿan

Translation

And they say, "We will not believe you until you break open for us from the ground a spring

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Verse 90 of Surah Al-Isra (17:90), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 291 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 90

Al-Mukhtasar

The idolaters said: I will never believe you until you extract for us from the ground of Makkah a spring that does not stop flowing.

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Other translations of verse 90

They say, “We will never believe in you until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth80,

Notes

[80] Showing miracles are of no use, even if it is catastrophic to them.

And they say: "We shall not believe in you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم), until you cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us;

And they say: We will not put faith in thee till thou cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us;

They say: "We shall not believe in thee, until thou cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth,

And they say: We will by no means believe in you until you cause a fountain to gush forth from the earth for us.

And they have said, "We will never believe you till you make a fountain to gush forth from the earth for us;

Verse 90 word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they say ق و ل
  2. لَن lan Never
  3. نُّؤْمِنَ nu'mina we will believe أ م ن
  4. لَكَ laka in you
  5. حَتَّىٰ ḥattā until
  6. تَفْجُرَ tafjura you cause to gush forth ف ج ر
  7. لَنَا lanā for us
  8. مِنَ mina from
  9. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  10. يَنۢبُوعًا yanbūʿan a spring ن ب ع

Verses related to verse 90

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:59

    وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا

    And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs [i.e., miracles] except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.

  • Al-Furqan 25:7–11

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا …

    And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner? …

  • Yunus 10:96–97

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ …

    Indeed, those upon whom the word [i.e., decree] of your Lord has come into effect will not believe, …

  • Al-An’am 6:111

    وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ قُبُلًا مَّا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ

    And even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allāh should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.

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  • Al-Baqarah 2:55

    وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

    And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allāh outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.

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