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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 103

فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:103:1)
fa-arāda
So he intended
(17:103:2)
(17:103:3)
yastafizzahum
drive them out
(17:103:4)
(17:103:5)
l-arḍi
the land
(17:103:6)
fa-aghraqnāhu
but We drowned him
(17:103:7)
(17:103:8)
(17:103:9)
jamīʿan
all

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Explanatory Note

At this point, the tyrannical Pharaoh resorts to his own material force, threatening to wipe Moses and his followers off the face of the earth. Such is the method to which all tyrants resort when they are faced with the truth. But God’s will is triumphant. His law of punishing the oppressors and supporting the oppressed comes into force:

“So he resolved to wipe them off the face of the earth, but We caused him and all those who were with him to drown. Then We said to the Children of Israel, Dwell in the land. When the promise of the Last Day shall come to pass, We will bring you all together.’” (Verses 103-104)

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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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