Sura 17 Al-Isra (The Night Journey), ayah 57

  1. أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا

    Translation by words

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
    Those
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    whom
    يَدْعُونَ
    they call,
    يَبْتَغُونَ
    seek
    إِلَىٰ
    to
    رَبِّهِمُ
    their Lord
    ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ
    the means of access,
    أَيُّهُمْ
    which of them
    أَقْرَبُ
    (is) nearest,
    وَيَرْجُونَ
    and they hope
    رَحْمَتَهُۥ
    (for) His mercy
    وَيَخَافُونَ
    and fear
    عَذَابَهُۥٓ
    His punishment.
    إِنَّ
    Indeed,
    عَذَابَ
    (the) punishment
    رَبِّكَ
    (of) your Lord
    كَانَ
    is
    مَحْذُورًا
    (ever) feared.

    Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, (striving as to) which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.

    17:57

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 17 Al-Isra (The Night Journey)