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Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey ) 17 : 76

وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And indeed, they were about to provoke [i.e., drive] you from the land [i.e., Makkah] to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(17:76:1)
(17:76:2)
kādū
they were about
(17:76:3)
layastafizzūnaka
(to) scare you
(17:76:4)
(17:76:5)
l-arḍi
the land
(17:76:6)
liyukh'rijūka
that they evict you
(17:76:7)
(17:76:8)
wa-idhan
But then
(17:76:9)
(17:76:10)
yalbathūna
they (would) have stayed
(17:76:11)
khilāfaka
after you
(17:76:12)
illā
except
(17:76:13)
qalīlan
a little

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Explanatory Note

When the unbelievers of the Quraysh found it impossible to persuade the Prophet to compromise, they tried to turn him out of their land, i.e. Makkah. But God directed him to leave of his own accord and migrate to Madinah. God always knew that He would not exterminate the Quraysh. Yet had they driven the Prophet out of their city by force, that would have been their fate: “And they endeavour to scare you off the land with a view to driving you away. But, then, after you have gone, they will not remain there except for a short while.” (Verse 76) This is the way God has set to operate in this life: “Such was the way with all Our messengers whom We sent before you. No change shall you find in Our ways.” (Verse 77)

 

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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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