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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 102

قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
[Moses] said, "You have already known that none has sent down these [signs] except the Lord of the heavens and the earth as evidence, and indeed I think, O Pharaoh, that you are destroyed."

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:102:1)
qāla
He said
(17:102:2)
(17:102:3)
ʿalim'ta
you have known
(17:102:4)
(17:102:5)
anzala
has sent down
(17:102:6)
(17:102:7)
illā
except
(17:102:8)
rabbu
(the) Lord
(17:102:9)
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
(17:102:10)
wal-arḍi
and the earth
(17:102:11)
baṣāira
(as) evidence
(17:102:12)
(17:102:13)
la-aẓunnuka
[I] surely think you
(17:102:14)
(17:102:15)
mathbūran
(you are) destroyed

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Explanatory Note

Moses, on the other hand, realizes that his strength is based in the truth he preaches. His message stands out as a source of light. He is certain of God’s support and that He will inevitably punish the tyrants:

“Moses said: ‘You know full well that none other than the Lord of the heavens and the earth has revealed these eye-opening signs. Indeed, Pharaoh, I think that you are utterly lost.” (Verse 102)

Moses makes it clear to Pharaoh that his denial of the truth when he is fully aware that none other than God could have accomplished such clear signs will earn him a terrible punishment. These signs were clear for anyone who cared to look. They show the truth in full light, clear as the bright day. Yet Pharaoh chose to deny them all and deny God. Hence, divine justice will inflict on him a punishment that leaves him utterly ruined.

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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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