Translation of the meanings Surah Al-Isrā’ - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Page Number 282 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Al-Isrā’

Ayah: 1

سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَسۡرَىٰ بِعَبۡدِهِۦ لَيۡلٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡأَقۡصَا ٱلَّذِي بَٰرَكۡنَا حَوۡلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ

1. Glory be to (Allāh) Who took His servant¹ for a journey by night from the Sacred Mosque (in Makkah) to the farthest mosque (in Jerusalem), the precincts whereof We have blessed², so that We may show to him some of Our (Great) Signs. Surely He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

1. I.e., the Prophet Muhammad.
2. And from there to the heavens.

Ayah: 2

وَءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ هُدٗى لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُواْ مِن دُونِي وَكِيلٗا

2. And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guide for the children of Israel, 'saying': "Do not take other than Me as Disposer of 'your' affairs³."

3. A person is to entrust none of his affairs to any besides Allāh. One should always remember the command: “Put your trust in Allāh - sufficient is Allāh as a Trustee”.

Ayah: 3

ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنۡ حَمَلۡنَا مَعَ نُوحٍۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبۡدٗا شَكُورٗا

3. 'O' descendants of those whom We carried (in the ship) with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant (of Allāh).

Ayah: 4

وَقَضَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَتُفۡسِدُنَّ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَرَّتَيۡنِ وَلَتَعۡلُنَّ عُلُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا

4. And We decreed to the children of Israel in the Scripture: "That you will cause corruption in the land⁴ twice, and you will surely rise to (a degree of) extreme haughtiness."

4. Of Levant through disobedience, arrogance and transgression slaying the Prophets.

Ayah: 5

فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ عِبَادٗا لَّنَآ أُوْلِي بَأۡسٖ شَدِيدٖ فَجَاسُواْ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِۚ وَكَانَ وَعۡدٗا مَّفۡعُولٗا

5. So when the promise of the first of the two came to pass, We raised against you bondmen of Ours of terrible might (in war)⁵, so they ravaged into the homes. It was a promise completely fulfilled⁶.

5. Goliath and his army.
6. At the hands of Assyrians and Babylonians.

Ayah: 6

ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَا لَكُمُ ٱلۡكَرَّةَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلۡنَٰكُمۡ أَكۡثَرَ نَفِيرًا

6. Then We gave you back the turn (prevailing) against them, and aided you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower.

Ayah: 7

إِنۡ أَحۡسَنتُمۡ أَحۡسَنتُمۡ لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۖ وَإِنۡ أَسَأۡتُمۡ فَلَهَاۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لِيَسُـُٔواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ وَلِيَدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖ وَلِيُتَبِّرُواْ مَا عَلَوۡاْ تَتۡبِيرًا

7. "If you do well, you do well for your own selves, and if you do evil, then it is for it." When the last (second) promise came to pass⁷, (We raised your enemies) to sadden your faces and to enter the temple 'in Jerusalem' as they had entered it the first time, and to destroy whatever they gained ascendancy over, with utter destruction.

7. We raised new enemies i.e., Nebuchadnezzar and his army against you.