سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 99
۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا ﴿99﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
See they not that Allâh, Who created the heavens and the earth, is Able to create the like of them. And He has decreed for them an appointed term, whereof there is no doubt. But the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers) refuse (the truth - the Message of Islâmic Monotheism, and accept nothing) but disbelief.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
يَرَوْا۟
yaraw
they see
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
the One Who
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
created
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth
قَادِرٌ
qādirun
(is) Able
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
[on]
أَن
an
to
يَخْلُقَ
yakhluqa
create
مِثْلَهُمْ
mith'lahum
the like of them
وَجَعَلَ
wajaʿala
And He has made
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَجَلًۭا
ajalan
a term
لَّا
lā
no
رَيْبَ
rayba
doubt
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
فَأَبَى
fa-abā
But refused
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
l-ẓālimūna
the wrongdoers
إِلَّا
illā
except
كُفُورًۭا
kufūran
disbelief
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
99. 1 Allah replied to them that the One who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth is also capable of creating beings like them or giving them life again, because this is even easier than the creation of the heavens and the earth. (لَخَــلْقُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ) 40. Al-Mu’min: 57). Al-Mu’min. The creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater and more difficult task than the creation of humans. Allah Almighty has also mentioned this subject in Surah Al-Ahqaf and Surah Ya-Sin.
99. 2 By this appointed term (fixed time) is meant death or the Day of Resurrection. Here, considering the context, it is more correct to take it as the Day of Resurrection, meaning We have fixed a time for raising them again and bringing them out of their graves. "And We do not delay it except for a limited term." Hud. We are only deferring their matter until a fixed time.
99. 2 By this appointed term (fixed time) is meant death or the Day of Resurrection. Here, considering the context, it is more correct to take it as the Day of Resurrection, meaning We have fixed a time for raising them again and bringing them out of their graves. "And We do not delay it except for a limited term." Hud. We are only deferring their matter until a fixed time.
