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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 52

يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:52:1)
yawma
(On) the Day
(17:52:2)
yadʿūkum
He will call you
(17:52:3)
fatastajībūna
and you will respond
(17:52:4)
biḥamdihi
with His Praise
(17:52:5)
wataẓunnūna
and you will think
(17:52:6)
(17:52:7)
labith'tum
you had remained
(17:52:8)
illā
except
(17:52:9)
qalīlan
a little (while)

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Explanatory Note

The sūrah then paints a speedy image of what happens when that event takes place, as it will indeed do:

“On that day He will call you, and you will answer by praising Him, thinking that you stayed on earth but a very short while.” (Verse 52)

The image shows those people who were bent on denying the resurrection rising up to respond to the call that brings them back to life. As they do, they praise God in clear terms. They have nothing else to say apart from praising God. This is a strange response from those who were dogged in their denial of resurrection and the Day of Judgement altogether. They simply rise, saying nothing except: “Praised be God, praised be God.” Thus this whole life is shown to be very brief, like a flickering light: “You will answer by praising Him, thinking that you stayed on earth but a very short while.” (Verse 52)

Describing this life in this way is sure to belittle its importance in the minds of those to whom this address is made. It is a very short life. Nothing of its effects is of a lasting nature. It is no more than a brief moment that has passed, accompanied by a brief enjoyment.

 

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The very first verse indicates that this Surah was revealed on the occasion of the ascension (Mi’raj). According to the narrations (hadith) on the life of the Prophet, this event happened one year before migration (Hijrah). Thus this Surah was revealed in the last stage of Prophethood in Makkah.

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The Prophet had been propagating Monotheism (Tawhid) for twelve years now. In spite of all the opposition, Islam had spread to every corner of Arabia and there was hardly a clan which had not been influenced by the invitation. In Makkah itself, the true Believers had formed themselves into a small community.  A large number of the people from the Aws and Khazraj tribes (two influential clans of Madinah) had also now accepted Islam. Thus the time had come for the Muslims to emigrate from Makkah to Madinah, at behest of the Aws and Khazraj to establish an Islamic state.

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