17:1Glory to Him who journeyed His servant by night, from the Sacred Mosque, to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts We have blessed, in order to show him of Our wonders. He is the Listener, the Beholder.

17:5When the first of the two promises came true, We sent against you servants of Ours, possessing great might, and they ransacked your homes. It was a promise fulfilled.

17:6Then We gave you back your turn against them, and supplied you with wealth and children, and made you more numerous.

17:7If you work righteousness, you work righteousness for yourselves; and if you commit evil, you do so against yourselves. Then, when the second promise comes true, they will make your faces filled with sorrow, and enter the Temple as they entered it the first time, and utterly destroy all that falls into their power.

17:8Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you. But if you revert, We will revert. We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers.

17:12We have made the night and the day two wonders. We erased the wonder of the night, and made the wonder of the day revealing, that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and know the number of years, and the calculation. We have explained all things in detail.

17:14“Read your book; today there will be none but yourself to call you to account.”

17:17How many generations have We destroyed after Noah? Your Lord is sufficient as Knower and Beholder of the sins of his servants.

17:20To all—these and those—We extend from the gifts of your Lord. The gifts of your Lord are not restricted.

17:23Your Lord has commanded that you worship none but Him, and that you be good to your parents. If either of them or both of them reach old age with you, do not say to them a word of disrespect, nor scold them, but say to them kind words.

17:25Your Lord knows best what is in your minds. If you are righteous—He is Forgiving to the obedient.

17:28But if you turn away from them, seeking mercy from your Lord which you hope for, then say to them words of comfort.

17:29And do not keep your hand tied to your neck, nor spread it out fully, lest you end up liable and regretful.

17:30Your Lord expands the provision for whomever He wills, and restricts it. He is fully Informed, Observant of His servants.

17:31And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them, and for you. Killing them is a grave sin.

17:33And do not kill the soul which God has made sacred, except in the course of justice. If someone is killed unjustly, We have given his next of kin certain authority. But he should not be excessive in killing, for he will be supported.

17:34And do not go near the orphan’s property, except with the best of intentions, until he has reached his maturity. And honor your pledge, because the pledge involves responsibility.

17:36And do not occupy yourself with what you have no knowledge of. The hearing, and the sight, and the brains—all these will be questioned.

17:38The evil of all these is disliked by your Lord.

17:39That is some of the wisdom your Lord has revealed to you. Do not set up with God another god, or else you will be thrown in Hell, rebuked and banished.

17:40Has your Lord favored you with sons, while choosing for Himself daughters from among the angels? You are indeed saying a terrible thing.

17:46And We drape veils over their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.

17:51Or some substance, which, in your minds, is even harder.” Then they will say, “Who will restore us?” Say, “The One who originated you the first time.” Then they will nod their heads at you, and say, “When will it be?” Say, “Perhaps it will be soon.”

17:54Your Lord knows you best. If He wills, He will have mercy on you; and if He wills, He will punish you. We did not send you as their advocate.

17:55Your Lord knows well everyone in the heavens and the earth. We have given some prophets advantage over others; and to David We gave the Psalms.

17:56Say, “Call upon those you claim besides Him. They have no power to relieve your adversity, nor can they change it.”

17:57Those they call upon are themselves seeking means of access to their Lord, vying to be nearer, and hoping for His mercy, and fearing His punishment. The punishment of your Lord is to be dreaded.

17:60We said to you that your Lord encompasses humanity. We did not make the vision We showed you, except as a test for the people, and the tree cursed in the Quran. We frighten them, but that only increases their defiance.

17:63He said, “Begone! Whoever of them follows you—Hell is your reward, an ample reward.”

17:64“And entice whomever of them you can with your voice, and rally against them your cavalry and your infantry, and share with them in wealth and children, and make promises to them.” But Satan promises them nothing but delusion.

17:65“As for My devotees, you have no authority over them.” Your Lord is an adequate Guardian.

17:66Your Lord is He who propels for you the ships at sea, that you may seek of His bounty. He is towards you Most Merciful.

17:69Or are you confident that He will not return you to it once again, and unleash a hurricane against you, and drown you for your ingratitude? Then you will find no helper against Us.

17:73They almost lured you away from what We have revealed to you, so that you would invent something else in Our name. In that case, they would have taken you for a friend.

17:75Then We would have made you taste double in life, and double at death; then you would have found for yourself no helper against Us.

17:77The tradition of the messengers We sent before you—you will find no change in Our rules.

17:79And keep vigil with it during parts of the night, as an extra prayer. Perhaps your Lord will raise you to a laudable position.

17:84Say, “Each does according to his disposition. Your Lord knows best who is better guided in the way.”

17:86If We willed, We could take away what We revealed to you. Then you will find for yourself no protecting guardian against Us.

17:87Except through a mercy from your Lord. His favors upon you have been great.

17:91Or you have a garden of palms and vines; then cause rivers to gush pouring through them.

17:93Or you possess a house of gold. Or you ascend into the sky. Even then, we will not believe in your ascension, unless you bring down for us a book that we can read.” Say, “Glory be to my Lord. Am I anything but a human messenger?”

17:98This is their repayment for having blasphemed against Our revelations, and having said, “Shall we, when we have become bones and fragments, be resurrected as a new creation?”

17:108And they say, “Glory to our Lord. The promise of our Lord is fulfilled.”

17:110Say, “Call Him God, or call Him the Most Merciful. Whichever name you use, to Him belong the Best Names.” And be neither loud in your prayer, nor silent in it, but follow a course in between.