Al-Isra

Also known as Surah 17, Surah Bani Isra'eel, The Night Journey, Surah of the Night Journey, Surah of the Children of Israel, The Children of Israel, Surah of the Israelites, The Israelites

thumb|right|Quran page with Al-Isra verses 34-44; a later interlinear Persian translation is in red. Delhi Sultanate, India late 14th-15th century.

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Al-Isra is the 17th chapter of the Quran, Islam's holy scripture. It is historically significant as a foundational text in Islamic tradition and has been preserved and studied for centuries, as evidenced by this illustrated manuscript from medieval India.

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Sura.Name_of_Surah: Al-Isra
Sura.Arabic_name: الإسراء
Sura.Caption: The Night Journey
Sura.Classification: Makkan
Sura.Meaning_of_the_name: The Night Journey
Sura.Time_of_revelation: 7th Century
Sura.Sura_number: 17
Sura.Number_of_verses: 111
Sura.Juz'_number: 15
Sura.Hizb_number: 29 to 30
Sura.Number_of_Rukus: 12
Sura.Number_of_sajdahs: 1 (verse 109)
Sura.Number_of_words: 1558
Sura.Number_of_letters: 6643
Sura.Previous_Sura: Quran 16
Sura.Next_Sura: Quran 18
Sura.sound: Chapter 17, Al-Isra (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3

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Read and listen to Surah Al-Isra with translation, tafsir, audio recitation, word-by-word meaning, and transliteration. Glory be to the One Who took His servant ˹Muḥammad˺ by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose surroundings We have blessed, so that We may show him some of Our signs.1 Indeed, He2 alone is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing. And We warned the Children of Israel in the Scripture, “You will certainly cause corruption in the land twice, and you will become extremely arrogant.

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

Summary
Exegesis
1 The transportation of Muhammad to "the farthest Mosque".
8 Hell
13-15 Day of Judgement
26 Verse of Dhul Qurba
64 Satan’s influence on humankind
70 Angels & jinn - the other two main creations beside Humans (one with freewill and the former without)
71 Day of Judgement
81: Muhammad destroys the Arabian idols
104 Children of Israel
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thumb|right|Quran page with Al-Isra verses 34-44; a later interlinear Persian translation is in red. Delhi Sultanate, India late 14th-15th century.

Al-Isra (), also known as Banī Isrāʾīl (), is the 17th chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, with 111 verses (āyāt). The word refers to the Night Journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and about the Children of Israel. This surāh is part of a series of al-Musabbihat surahs because it begins with the glorification of God.

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