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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 77

سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
[That is Our] established way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find in Our way any alteration.

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Word Arabic word
(17:77:1)
sunnata
(Such is Our) Way
(17:77:2)
(17:77:3)
(17:77:4)
arsalnā
We sent
(17:77:5)
qablaka
before you
(17:77:6)
(17:77:7)
rusulinā
Our Messengers
(17:77:8)
(17:77:9)
tajidu
you will find
(17:77:10)
lisunnatinā
(in) Our way
(17:77:11)
taḥwīlan
any alteration

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Explanatory Note

 “Such was the way with all Our messengers whom We sent before you. No change shall you find in Our ways.” (Verse 77)

God has made this way a law which does not fail. Driving a messenger of God out of his land is a great offence which incurs severe punishment. God operates certain laws in this universe, which are not altered for individual cases. This universe is not subject to coincidences that influence its existence; it is subject to constant laws. Since God, in His infinite wisdom, chose not to exterminate the Quraysh, as He did with earlier communities, He did not give His Messenger, the Prophet Muĥammad, miraculous proofs, and did not allow that he be driven away. Instead, He inspired him to leave voluntarily. God’s laws remained in operation, without alteration or modification.

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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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