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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 95

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٩٥

17:95 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 291 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:95

قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا ۝٩٥

Transliteration

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

Translation

Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely,774 We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."

Notes

[774] i.e., who were settled and established there, as is man.

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Verse 95 of Surah Al-Isra (17:95), 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 95

Al-Mukhtasar

Say, O Messenger, in response to them: Had there been angels on earth who reside therein and walk about securely, as is your condition, we would have sent an angel Messenger to them from their own kind, because it is he who can make them understand what he has been sent with. It would not be wise to send to them a Messenger from humankind, and likewise is the case with you.

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Other translations of verse 95

Say, “If there had been angels walking on earth peacefully, We would have certainly sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a messenger.”

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."

Say: If there were in the earth angels walking secure, We had sent down for them from heaven an angel as messenger.

Say, "If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about in peace and quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger."

Say: Had there been in the earth angels walking about as settlers, We would certainly have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a messenger.

Say, "If there were in the earth Angels walking composed, indeed We would have been sending down upon them from the heaven an Angel as a Messenger."

Verse 95 word by word

  1. قُل qul Say ق و ل
  2. لَّوْ law If
  3. كَانَ kāna (there) were ك و ن
  4. فِى fī in
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  6. مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ malāikatun Angels م ل ك
  7. يَمْشُونَ yamshūna walking م ش ي
  8. مُطْمَئِنِّينَ muṭ'ma-innīna securely ط م أ ن
  9. لَنَزَّلْنَا lanazzalnā surely We (would) have sent down ن ز ل
  10. عَلَيْهِم ʿalayhim to them
  11. مِّنَ mina from
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi the heaven س م و
  13. مَلَكًا malakan an Angel م ل ك
  14. رَّسُولًا rasūlan (as) a Messenger ر س ل

Verses related to verse 95

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ali ’Imran 3:164

    لَقَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Certainly did Allāh confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error.

  • At-Tawbah 9:128

    لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you [i.e., your guidance] and to the believers is kind and merciful.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:151–152

    كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيكُمْ رَسُولًا مِّنكُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ …

    Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did not know. …

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