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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 96

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٩٦

17:96 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 291 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:96

قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا ۝٩٦

Transliteration

qul kafā bil-lahi shahīdan baynī wabaynakum innahu kāna biʿibādihi khabīran baṣīran

Translation

Say, "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing."

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Verse 96 of Surah Al-Isra (17:96), 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 96

Al-Mukhtasar

Say, O Messenger: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you that I am a Messenger was sent to you and that I have conveyed what I was sent to you. Surely, He encompasses the conditions of His servants, nothing of them being hidden from Him, and He sees all the secrets of their souls.

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Other translations of verse 96

Say, “Allah is Sufficient as a witness between me and you. He is indeed All-Aware, All-Seeing of His slaves.”

Say: "Sufficient is Allâh for a witness between me and you. Verily He is Ever the All-Knower, the All-Seer of His slaves."

Say: Allah sufficeth for a witness between me and you. Lo! He is Knower, Seer of His slaves.

Say: "Enough is Allah for a witness between me and you: for He is well acquainted with His servants, and He sees (all things).

Say: Allah suffices as a witness between me and you; surely He is Aware of His servants, Seeing.

Say, " Allah suffices as an Ever-Present Witness between you and me; surely He has been Ever-Cognizant of (and) Ever-Beholding His bondmen."

Verse 96 word by word

  1. قُلْ qul Say ق و ل
  2. كَفَىٰ kafā Sufficient is ك ف ي
  3. بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi Allah
  4. شَهِيدًۢا shahīdan (as) a witness ش ه د
  5. بَيْنِى baynī between me ب ي ن
  6. وَبَيْنَكُمْ wabaynakum and between you ب ي ن
  7. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, He
  8. كَانَ kāna is ك و ن
  9. بِعِبَادِهِۦ biʿibādihi of His slaves ع ب د
  10. خَبِيرًۢا khabīran All-Aware خ ب ر
  11. بَصِيرًا baṣīran All-Seer ب ص ر

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  • Al-Haqqah 69:44–46

    وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ …

    And if he [i.e., Muḥammad] had made up about Us some [false] sayings, …

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  • Ar-Ra’d 13:43

    وَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَسْتَ مُرْسَلًا قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَمَنْ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ

    And those who have disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger." Say, [O Muḥammad], "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you, and [the witness of] whoever has knowledge of the Scripture."

  • Al-Isra 17:30

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا

    Indeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]. Indeed He is ever, concerning His servants, Aware and Seeing.

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