Surah Al-Isra 17:93 — translation and meaning

الإسراء · Verse 93 / 111 · Page 291

ۗ أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَى فِي السَّمَاءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابًا نَّقْرَؤُهُ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا

Word by Word

ۗ
أَوْ
aw
Or
يَكُونَ
yakuna
is
لَكَ
laka
for you
بَيْتٌ
baytun
a house
مِّن
min
of
زُخْرُفٍ
zukh'rufin
ornament
أَوْ
aw
or
تَرْقَى
tarqa
you ascend
فِي
fi
into
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the sky
وَلَن
walan
And never
نُّؤْمِنَ
nu'mina
we will believe
لِرُقِيِّكَ
liruqiyyika
in your ascension
حَتَّى
hatta
until
تُنَزِّلَ
tunazzila
you bring down
عَلَيْنَا
alayna
to us
كِتَابًا
kitaban
a book
نَّقْرَؤُهُ
naqra-uhu
we could read it
قُلْ
qul
Say
سُبْحَانَ
sub'hana
Glorified (is)
رَبِّي
rabbi
my Lord!
هَلْ
hal
What
كُنتُ
kuntu
am I
إِلَّا
illa
but
بَشَرًا
basharan
a human
رَّسُولًا
rasulan
a Messenger

Transliteration

Aw yakoona laka baitum min zukhrufin aw tarqaa fis samaaa'i wa lan nu'mina liruqiyyika hatta tunazzila 'alainaa kitaaban naqra'uh; qul Subhaana Rabbee hal kuntu illaa basharar Rasoolaa

Translation

Or you have a house of gold or you ascend into the sky. And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read." Say, "Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Or you have a house adorned with gold and other things, or you ascend to the sky. And if you do ascend to it, we will never believe you have been sent unless you come down with a book written from Allah in which we can read that you are Allah’s Messenger. Say - O Messenger: My Lord is pure, I am only a human Messenger like all other Messengers. I do not have the ability to bring anything, so how can I bring what you have requested?

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

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