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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 63

قَالَ ٱذْهَبْ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءً مَّوْفُورًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
[Allāh] said, "Go, for whoever of them follows you, indeed Hell will be the recompense of [all of] you - an ample recompense.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:63:1)
qāla
He said
(17:63:2)
idh'hab
(17:63:3)
(17:63:4)
tabiʿaka
follows you
(17:63:5)
(17:63:6)
(17:63:7)
(17:63:8)
jazāukum
(is) your recompense
(17:63:9)
jazāan
a recompense
(17:63:10)
mawfūran
ample

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Explanatory Note

Iblīs here overlooks the fact that man is equally susceptible to goodness and following divine guidance as he is to evil and error. He chooses not to see man when he is elevated by God’s guidance, able to resist temptation and evil. He is unaware of this great, distinctive characteristic that places man above all creatures that follow a single route, having no element of choice. Indeed man’s position of distinction lies in his free-will and the exercise of his power of choice.

It is God’s will that the advocate of evil, Satan, should have his respite to try to tempt mankind away from divine guidance. Hence, God says to him:

“Begone! As for those of them who follow you, hell will be the recompense of you all, a most ample recompense.” (Verse 63)

Go and do your utmost. If you try to tempt them, they have been given reason and will. They can follow you or reject your advances. Now anyone who follows you, preferring error to My guidance, ignoring the signs I have placed in the world around him, deserves the fate that he is bound to suffer in hell. Indeed, both Satan and his followers will have the same end:

“Hell will be the recompense of you all, a most ample recompense.” (Verse 63)

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7. Period of Revelation

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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.

8. Reasons for Revelation

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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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