Sura 17 Al-Isra (The Night Journey), ayah 62
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قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَكَ هَٰذَا الَّذِي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Translation by words
- قَالَ
- He said,
- أَرَءَيْتَكَ
- "Do You see
- هَٰذَا
- this
- ٱلَّذِى
- whom
- كَرَّمْتَ
- You have honored,
- عَلَىَّ
- above me?
- لَئِنْ
- If
- أَخَّرْتَنِ
- You give me respite
- إِلَىٰ
- till
- يَوْمِ
- (the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
- (of) the Resurrection,
- لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ
- I will surely destroy
- ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ
- his offspring
- إِلَّا
- except
- قَلِيلًا
- a few."
(Iblees) said, "Do You see this one whom You have honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except for a few."
17:62
Translation: Saheeh International