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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 96

قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Say, "Sufficient is Allāh as Witness between me and you. Indeed he is ever, concerning His servants, Acquainted and Seeing."

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:96:1)
qul
Say
(17:96:2)
kafā
Sufficient is
(17:96:3)
bil-lahi
Allah
(17:96:4)
shahīdan
(as) a witness
(17:96:5)
baynī
between me
(17:96:6)
wabaynakum
and between you
(17:96:7)
(17:96:8)
kāna
is
(17:96:9)
biʿibādihi
of His slaves
(17:96:10)
khabīran
All-Aware
(17:96:11)
baṣīran
All-Seer

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Explanatory Note

Since this is the pattern God has chosen for His creation, He instructs His Messenger to end all argument with them and leave the dispute between the two parties to God. He calls on God to be his witness, leaving them entirely to God to do with whatever He pleases. He is the One who knows everything about everyone. “Say: ‘Sufficient is God for a witness between me and you. He is indeed fully aware of His servants, and He sees all things.’” (Verse 96) This statement carries an implicit warning. The results, however, are painted in a frightening scene of what will happen on the Day of Judgement.

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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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