Surah Al-Isra 17:89 — translation and meaning

الإسراء · Verse 89 / 111 · Page 291

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِي هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبَى أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And verily
صَرَّفْنَا
sarrafna
We have explained
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnasi
to mankind
فِي
fi
in
هَذَا
hadha
this
الْقُرْآنِ
al-qur'ani
Quran
مِن
min
from
كُلِّ
kulli
every
مَثَلٍ
mathalin
example
فَأَبَى
fa-aba
but refused
أَكْثَرُ
aktharu
most
النَّاسِ
al-nasi
(of) the mankind
إِلَّا
illa
except
كُفُورًا
kufuran
disbelief

Transliteration

Qa laqad sarrafnaa linnaasi fee haazal quraani min kulli masalin fa abaaa aksarun naasi illaa kufooraa

Translation

And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur'an from every [kind] of example, but most of the people refused [anything] except disbelief.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And I have explained to people in this Qur’ān and brought all types of advice, reminders, commands, prohibitions and stories they can take lessons from, in the hope they will believe. But most people have refused except to deny this Qur’ān.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur'an…" — Al-Isra 17:89