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.

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

17:9This Quran guides to what is most upright; and it gives good news to the believers who do good deeds, that they will have a great reward.

17:10And those who do not believe in the Hereafter—We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

17:11The human being prays for evil as he prays for good. The human being is very hasty.

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.”

17:16When We decide to destroy a town, We command its affluent ones, they transgress in it, so the word becomes justified against it, and We destroy it completely.

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

17:19But whoever desires the Hereafter, and pursues it as it should be pursued, while he is a believer; these—their effort will be appreciated.

17:22Do not set up another god with God, lest you become condemned and damned.

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.

17:33And 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.

17:35And give full measure when you measure, and weigh with accurate scales. That is fair, and the best determination.

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.

17:39That 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.

17:41We have explained in this Quran in various ways, that they may remember, but it only adds to their rebellion.

17:43Be He glorified. He is exalted, far above what they say.

17:44Praising Him are the seven heavens, and the earth, and everyone in them. There is not a thing that does not glorify Him with praise, but you do not understand their praises. He is indeed Forbearing and Forgiving.

17:45When you read the Quran, We place between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter an invisible barrier.

17:47We know well what they listen to, when they listen to you, as they conspire, when the wrongdoers say, “You only follow a man bewitched.”

17:49And they say, “When we have become bones and fragments, shall we really be resurrected as a new creation?”

17:50Say, “Even if you become rocks or iron.

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.”

17:53Tell My servants to say what is best. Satan sows discord among them. Satan is to man an open enemy.

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.

17:56Say, “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.

17:58There is no city but We will destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe punishment. This is inscribed in the Book.

17:61When We said to the angels, “Bow down before Adam,” they bowed down, except for Satan. He said, “Shall I bow down before someone You created from mud?”

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

17:67When harm afflicts you at sea, those you pray to vanish, except for Him. But when He saves you to land, you turn away. The human being is ever thankless.

17:68Are you confident that He will not cause a track of land to cave in beneath you, or unleash a tornado against you, and then you find no protector?

17:71On the Day when We call every people with their leader. Whoever is given his record in his right hand—these will read their record, and they will not be wronged one bit.

17:72But whoever is blind in this, he will be blind in the Hereafter, and further astray from the way.

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

17:82We send down in the Quran healing and mercy for the believers, but it increases the wrongdoers only in loss.

17:83When We bless the human being, he turns away and distances himself. But when adversity touches him, he is in despair.

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

17:85And they ask you about the Spirit. Say, “The Spirit belongs to the domain of my Lord; and you were given only little knowledge.”

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

17:90And they said, “We will not believe in you unless you make a spring burst from the ground for us.

17:92Or make the sky fall on us in pieces, as you claim, or bring God and the angels before us.

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?”

17:94Nothing prevented the people from believing, when guidance has come to them, except that they said, “Did God send a human messenger?”

17:96Say, “God is enough witness between you and me. He is fully aware of His servants, and He sees them well.”

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?”

17:100Say, “If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord’s mercy, you would have withheld them for fear of spending.” The human being has always been stingy.

17:101We gave Moses nine clear signs—ask the Children of Israel. When he went to them, Pharaoh said to him, “I think that you, Moses, are bewitched.”

17:105With the truth We sent it down, and with the truth it descended. We sent you only as a bearer of good news and a warner.

17:107Say, “Believe in it, or do not believe.” Those who were given knowledge before it, when it is recited to them, they fall to their chins, prostrating.

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.

17:111And say, “Praise be to God, who has not begotten a son, nor has He a partner in sovereignty, nor has He an ally out of weakness, and glorify Him constantly.”