17:76

ﱁAnd indeedﱂthey were aboutﱃ(to) scare youﱄfromﱅthe landﱆthat they evict youﱇﱈfrom itﱉBut thenﱊnotﱋthey (would) have stayedﱌafter youﱍexceptﱎa littleﱏ(76)

They were about to intimidate you to drive you out of the land ˹of Mecca˺, but then they would not have survived after you ˹had left˺ except for a little while.

17:77

ﱐ(Such is Our) Wayﱑ(for) whomﱒ[verily]ﱓWe sentﱔbefore youﱕofﱖﱗOur MessengersﱘAnd notﱙyou will findﱚ(in) Our wayﱛany alterationﱜ(77)

˹This has been˺ Our way with the messengers We sent before you. And you will never find any change in Our way.

17:78

ﱝEstablishﱞthe prayerﱟat the declineﱠ(of) the sunﱡtillﱢ(the) darknessﱣ(of) the nightﱤand Quranﱥﱦat dawnﱧindeedﱨthe Quranﱩ(at) the dawnﱪisﱫever witnessedﱬ(78)

Observe the prayer from the decline of the sun until the darkness of the night and the dawn prayer, for certainly the dawn prayer is witnessed ˹by angels˺.1

17:79

ﱭAnd fromﱮthe nightﱯarise from sleep for prayerﱰwith itﱱ(as) additionalﱲfor youﱳit may beﱴthatﱵwill raise youﱶyour Lordﱷ(to) a stationﱸpraiseworthyﱹ(79)

And rise at ˹the last˺ part of the night, offering additional prayers, so your Lord may raise you to a station of praise.1

17:80

ﱺAnd sayﱻMy LordﱼCause me to enterﱽan entranceﱾsoundﱿand cause me to exitﲀan exitﲁsoundﲂand makeﲃfor meﲄfromﲅnear Youﲆan authorityﲇhelpingﲈ(80)

And say, “My Lord! Grant me an honourable entrance and an honourable exit1 and give me a supporting authority from Yourself.”

17:81

ﲉAnd sayﲊHas comeﲋthe truthﲌand perishedﲍﲎthe falsehoodﲏIndeedﲐthe falsehoodﲑisﲒ(bound) to perishﲓ(81)

And declare, “The truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to vanish.”

17:82

ﲔAnd We revealﲕfromﲖthe Quranﲗthatﲘitﲙ(is) a healingﲚand a mercyﲛfor the believersﲜbut notﲝit increasesﲞthe wrongdoersﲟexceptﲠ(in) lossﲡ(82)

We send down the Quran as a healing and mercy for the believers, but it only increases the wrongdoers in loss.

17:83

ﲢAnd whenﲣWe bestow favorﲤonﲥmanﲦhe turns awayﲧand becomes remoteﲨon his sideﲩAnd whenﲪtouches himﲫthe evilﲬhe isﲭ(in) despairﲮ(83)

When We grant people Our favours, they turn away, acting arrogantly. But when touched with evil, they lose all hope.

17:84

ﲯSayﲰEachﲱworksﲲonﲳhis mannerﲴbut your Lordﲵ(is) most knowingﲶof whoﲷ[he]ﲸ(is) best guidedﲹ(in) wayﲺ(84)

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Everyone acts in their own way. But your Lord knows best whose way is rightly guided.”

17:85

ﲻAnd they ask youﲼconcerningﲽﲾthe soulﲿSayﳀThe soulﳁ(is) ofﳂ(the) affairﳃ(of) my LordﳄAnd notﳅyou have been givenﳆofﳇthe knowledgeﳈexceptﳉa littleﳊ(85)

They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about the spirit. Say, “Its nature is known only to my Lord, and you ˹O humanity˺ have been given but little knowledge.”

17:86

ﳋAnd ifﳌWe willedﳍWe (would) have surely taken awayﳎthat whichﳏWe have revealedﳐto youﳑThenﳒnotﳓyou would findﳔfor youﳕconcerning itﳖagainst Usﳗany advocateﳘ(86)

If We willed, We could have certainly taken away what We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺—then you would find none to guarantee its return from Us—