Surah 17
Al-Israa
The Night Journey
الإسراء
Editorial study · not independently reviewed.
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Name and conventional translation
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Arabic name
الإسراء
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Transliteration
Al-Israa
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English name
The Night Journey
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
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Verses
111
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Words
1556
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
17 of 114
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Position in a revelation ordering
50 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
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Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Meccan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Within juzʾ 15
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
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What the surah says of itself
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Major movements and sections
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Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17:1-10 | سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ … |
| 2 | 17:11-22 | وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ … |
| 3 | 17:23-30 | وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ … |
| 4 | 17:31-40 | وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ … |
| 5 | 17:41-52 | وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا … |
| 6 | 17:53-60 | وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى … |
| 7 | 17:61-70 | وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ … |
| 8 | 17:71-77 | يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ … |
| 9 | 17:78-84 | أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ … |
| 10 | 17:85-93 | وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ قُلِ … |
| 11 | 17:94-100 | وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن … |
| 12 | 17:101-111 | وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ … |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
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Verses repeated word for word
No verse of this surah repeats another word for word.
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
| Times | Words | Phrase | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ | 5, 7, 104 |
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
1556 words575 with one root, counted111 conflicting roots252 no root recorded618 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ك.و.ن | 32 | 32 | كَانَ وَكَانَ |
| ق.و.ل | 24 | 21 | قُلْ قَالَ قَوْلًا قُلْنَا وَيَقُولُونَ يَقُولُونَ فَسَيَقُولُونَ فَقَالَ وَقُلْ وَقُلْنَا يَقُولُ |
| ر.ب.ب | 14 | 13 | رَبِّكَ رَبَّكَ رَبُّكَ بِرَبِّكَ رَبُّكُم وَرَبُّكَ |
| ج.ع.ل | 13 | 13 | جَعَلْنَا تَجْعَلْ وَجَعَلْنَا وَجَعَلَ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ |
| ك.ب.ر | 10 | 9 | كَبِيرًا أَكْبَرُ وَأَكْبَرُ وَكَبِّرْهُ يَكْبُرُ |
| ر.ح.م | 9 | 9 | رَحِيمًا رَحْمَةً رَحْمَةٍ رَحْمَةِ وَرَحْمَةٌ يَرْحَمَكُمْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ |
| ك.ل.ل | 9 | 9 | كُلَّ كُلُّ وَكُلَّ كُلًّا كُلٌّ كُلِّ |
| ر.س.ل | 7 | 7 | أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ أَرْسَلْنَا رَسُولًا فَيُرْسِلَ نُرْسِلُ يُرْسِلَ |
| س.ب.ل | 7 | 7 | سَبِيلًا ٱلسَّبِيلِ |
| ع.ل.م | 7 | 7 | أَعْلَمُ عَلِمْتَ عِلْمٌ |
| أ.ن.س | 7 | 6 | ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ ٱلْإِنسُ |
| خ.ل.ق | 7 | 6 | خَلْقًا خَلَقَ خَلَقْتَ خَلَقْنَا يَخْلُقَ |
96 more roots
| أ.م.ن | 6 | 6 | نُّؤْمِنَ يُؤْمِنُونَ مُؤْمِنٌ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ |
| ب.ع.ث | 6 | 6 | لَمَبْعُوثُونَ أَبَعَثَ بَعَثْنَا نَبْعَثَ يَبْعَثَكَ |
| ث.م.م | 6 | 6 | ثُمَّ |
| ي.و.م | 6 | 6 | يَوْمَ يَوْمِ |
| ع.ذ.ب | 6 | 5 | عَذَابًا عَذَابَ مُعَذِّبُوهَا مُعَذِّبِينَ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ |
| ف.ض.ل | 6 | 4 | تَفْضِيلًا فَضَّلْنَا فَضْلًا وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ |
| ب.ك.م | 5 | 5 | بِكُمْ وَبُكْمًا |
| ج.ه.ن.م | 5 | 5 | جَهَنَّمَ جَهَنَّمُ |
| ظ.ل.م | 5 | 5 | ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ مَظْلُومًا يُظْلَمُونَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ |
| ق.ل.ل | 5 | 5 | قَلِيلًا |
| ن.ز.ل | 5 | 5 | تُنَزِّلَ لَنَزَّلْنَا نَزَلَ وَنَزَّلْنَٰهُ وَنُنَزِّلُ |
| و.ك.ل | 5 | 5 | وَكِيلًا |
| ب.ي.ن | 5 | 4 | بَيِّنَٰتٍ بَيْنَ بَيْنَكَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ |
| س.ب.ح | 5 | 4 | سُبْحَٰنَ تُسَبِّحُ سُبْحَانَ يُسَبِّحُ |
| ش.ي.أ | 5 | 4 | شَىْءٍ يَشَأْ شِئْنَا |
| ن.و.س | 5 | 4 | ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلنَّاسِ لِلنَّاسِ ٱلنَّاسَ |
| ش.ط.ن | 5 | 3 | ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ |
| ب.ش.ر | 4 | 4 | بَشَرًا مُبَشِّرًا وَيُبَشِّرُ |
| ح.س.ن | 4 | 4 | أَحْسَنُ إِحْسَٰنًا وَأَحْسَنُ |
| د.ع.و | 4 | 4 | تَدْعُونَ وَيَدْعُ يَدْعُوكُمْ يَدْعُونَ |
| س.م.و | 4 | 4 | ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ |
| ع.ب.د | 4 | 4 | عَبْدًا عِبَادًا عِبَادِى لِّعِبَادِى |
| ل.ه.م | 4 | 4 | لَهُمْ |
| و.ج.د | 4 | 4 | تَجِدُ تَجِدَ |
| ب.ع.ض | 4 | 3 | بَعْضٍ بَعْضَ لِبَعْضٍ |
| س.م.ع | 4 | 3 | يَسْتَمِعُونَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلسَّمْعَ |
| ض.ل.ل | 4 | 3 | ضَلَّ وَأَضَلُّ يَضِلُّ |
| ب.ص.ر | 3 | 3 | بَصِيرًا |
| ب.ل.غ | 3 | 3 | تَبْلُغَ يَبْلُغَ يَبْلُغَنَّ |
| ت.ب.ع | 3 | 3 | تَبِعَكَ تَبِيعًا تَتَّبِعُونَ |
| خ.ر.ج | 3 | 3 | لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مُخْرَجَ وَنُخْرِجُ |
| خ.ل.ل | 3 | 3 | خَلِيلًا خِلَٰلَ خِلَٰلَهَا |
| خ.و.ف | 3 | 3 | تَخْوِيفًا وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ وَيَخَافُونَ |
| ر.و.د | 3 | 3 | أَرَادَ فَأَرَادَ يُرِيدُ |
| س.ل.ط.ن | 3 | 3 | سُلْطَٰنًا سُلْطَٰنٌ |
| ع.ر.ض | 3 | 3 | أَعْرَضَ أَعْرَضْتُمْ تُعْرِضَنَّ |
| ع.ظ.م | 3 | 3 | عِظَٰمًا عَظِيمًا |
| ع.و.د | 3 | 3 | عُدْنَا يُعِيدَكُمْ يُعِيدُنَا |
| ق.ب.ل | 3 | 3 | قَبِيلًا قَبْلَ قَبْلَكَ |
| ك.ت.ب | 3 | 3 | كِتَٰبًا كِتَٰبَكَ |
| ك.ث.ر | 3 | 3 | أَكْثَرَ أَكْثَرُ كَثِيرٍ |
| ك.ر.م | 3 | 3 | كَرِيمًا كَرَّمْتَ كَرَّمْنَا |
| م.ر.ر | 3 | 3 | مَرَّةٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ |
| م.ع.ي | 3 | 3 | مَعَ |
| ن.ف.ر | 3 | 3 | نُفُورًا نَفِيرًا |
| ن.ف.س | 3 | 3 | بِنَفْسِكَ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ٱلنَّفْسَ |
| ه.د.ي | 3 | 3 | يَهْتَدِى يَهْدِ يَهْدِى |
| ه.ل.ك | 3 | 3 | أَهْلَكْنَا مُهْلِكُوهَا نُّهْلِكَ |
| ب.ذ.ر | 3 | 2 | تَبْذِيرًا تُبَذِّرْ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ |
| ر.و.ح | 3 | 2 | ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلرِّيحِ |
| ف.ج.ر | 3 | 2 | تَفْجُرَ تَفْجِيرًا فَتُفَجِّرَ |
| ن.ه.ر | 3 | 2 | تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَٱلنَّهَارَ ٱلنَّهَارِ |
| و.ز.ر | 3 | 1 | تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ |
| أ.ت.ي | 2 | 2 | تَأْتِىَ يَأْتُونَ |
| ب.س.ط | 2 | 2 | تَبْسُطْهَا يَبْسُطُ |
| ج.د.د | 2 | 2 | جَدِيدًا |
| ح.م.ل | 2 | 2 | حَمَلْنَا وَحَمَلْنَٰهُمْ |
| ح.و.ل | 2 | 2 | تَحْوِيلًا |
| خ.ر.ر | 2 | 2 | وَيَخِرُّونَ يَخِرُّونَ |
| خ.ش.ي | 2 | 2 | خَشْيَةَ |
| د.خ.ل | 2 | 2 | دَخَلُوهُ مُدْخَلَ |
| ذ.ل.ل | 2 | 2 | ٱلذُّلِّ |
| ذ.م.م | 2 | 2 | مَذْمُومًا |
| ر.ج.ل | 2 | 2 | رَجُلًا وَرَجِلِكَ |
| ر.ج.و | 2 | 2 | تَرْجُوهَا وَيَرْجُونَ |
| ر.ز.ق | 2 | 2 | نَرْزُقُهُمْ ٱلرِّزْقَ |
| ر.ف.ت | 2 | 2 | وَرُفَٰتًا |
| ش.د.د | 2 | 2 | شَدِيدًا شَدِيدٍ |
| ش.ر.ر | 2 | 2 | بِٱلشَّرِّ ٱلشَّرُّ |
| ش.ر.ك | 2 | 2 | شَرِيكٌ وَشَارِكْهُمْ |
| ص.ر.ف | 2 | 2 | صَرَّفْنَا |
| ص.ل.ح | 2 | 2 | صَٰلِحِينَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ |
| ع.ج.ل | 2 | 2 | عَجُولًا عَجَّلْنَا |
| ع.ل.و | 2 | 2 | عُلُوًّا |
| ع.م.ل | 2 | 2 | يَعْمَلُ يَعْمَلُونَ |
| غ.ف.ر | 2 | 2 | غَفُورًا |
| ف.ق.ه | 2 | 2 | تَفْقَهُونَ يَفْقَهُوهُ |
| ق.د.ر | 2 | 2 | قَادِرٌ وَيَقْدِرُ |
| ق.ر.ب | 2 | 2 | أَقْرَبُ قَرِيبًا |
| ق.ر.ي | 2 | 2 | قَرْيَةً قَرْيَةٍ |
| ق.ع.د | 2 | 2 | فَتَقْعُدَ |
| ق.و.م | 2 | 2 | أَقْوَمُ مَقَامًا |
| ك.ف.ر | 2 | 2 | كَفَرْتُمْ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ |
| ل.ك.م | 2 | 2 | لَكُمْ |
| ل.و.م | 2 | 2 | مَلُومًا |
| م.ث.ل | 2 | 2 | بِمِثْلِ مَثَلٍ |
| م.ش.ي | 2 | 2 | تَمْشِ يَمْشُونَ |
| م.ل.ك | 2 | 2 | تَمْلِكُونَ يَمْلِكُونَ |
| و.ع.د | 2 | 2 | وَعِدْهُمْ وَعْدًا |
| د.م.ر | 2 | 1 | تَدْمِيرًا فَدَمَّرْنَٰهَا |
| ز.ه.ق | 2 | 1 | زَهُوقًا وَزَهَقَ |
| س.ع.ي | 2 | 1 | سَعْيَهَا سَعْيُهُم |
| س.ن.ن | 2 | 1 | سُنَّةَ لِسُنَّتِنَا |
| ص.د.ق | 2 | 1 | صِدْقٍ |
| ض.ع.ف | 2 | 1 | ضِعْفَ وَضِعْفَ |
| ف.ص.ل | 2 | 1 | تَفْصِيلًا فَصَّلْنَٰهُ |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
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Words the analyser did not read
618 of this surah's 1556 words have no analysis, and a further 363 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
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Common claims the text does not itself establish
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Provisional stand-in: studies tagged a common misconception that cite this surah
Derived link every current study that carries the common-misconception tag and cites a verse of this surah. That tag is a discovery aid, not a mark that the text does not establish the claim — that mark does not exist yet — so this list is provisional and not a complete account of the claims the text does not establish. The question is quoted; the answer is on the study.
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Current studies citing a verse of this surah
61 current studies
Character & relationships7
- What does the Qur'an say about gratitude?17:3
- What does the Qur'an say about the treatment of parents?17:23
- What does the Qur'an say about moderation in spending?17:29
- What does the Qur'an say about honesty and keeping your word?17:34
- What does the Qur'an say about honesty in weight and measure?17:35
- How do you tell a Qur'anic promise from a hadith virtue (fadila) from a folk claim?17:36
- What does the Qur'an say about humility versus arrogance?17:37
The Qur'an about itself7
- What does the Qur'an say about being 'a healing and a mercy'?17:82
- Where does the protective power of Ayat al-Kursi come from - is it in the Qur'an?17:82
- What does the Qur'an say about the occasions its verses answered?17:85
- What does the Qur'an mean by claiming it cannot be imitated (i'jaz)?17:88
- What does the Qur'an say about the night it was first revealed?17:106
- Why was the Qur'an revealed gradually, by its own account?17:106
- What does the Qur'an say about reciting it - slowly, aloud, by heart?17:106
Prayer6
- Are the five daily prayers named in the Qur'an?17:78-79
- What does the Qur'an say about the times of the daily prayers?17:78-79
- What does the Qur'an say about praying at night (tahajjud)?17:79
- What does the Qur'an say about prostrating when certain verses are recited?17:107-109
- What does the Qur'an say about raising or lowering the voice in prayer?17:110
- Does the Qur'an give the words of the prayer, or only the command to pray?17:110-111
Knowledge, reason & reflection5
- What does the Qur'an say about speaking about God without knowledge?17:36
- What does the Qur'an say about verifying news before acting on it?17:36
- What does the Qur'an say about following the best of what you hear?17:47
- What does the Qur'an say about the limits of human knowledge?17:85
- What does the Qur'an say about doubt and honest questioning?17:99
Resurrection, judgment, paradise & hell5
- What does the Qur'an say about the two angels who record every deed?17:13-14
- What does the Qur'an say about the record given in the right or the left hand?17:14, 71
- What does the Qur'an say about the resurrection of the body?17:49-51
- Does the Qur'an say every letter recited earns reward - or is that from hadith?17:106
- Where do the rewards of 'SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah' come from - Qur'an, hadith, or folk?17:110
Money, work & economic ethics4
Muhammad in the Qur'an4
Children & parenting3
Mental wellbeing & hardship3
God & divine attributes2
Justice & governance2
Magic, dreams & the supernatural2
Prophets & messengers2
Questions the Qur'an does not directly answer2
Angels, jinn & Satan1
Food, drink & dietary law1
Other faiths & interreligious relations1
Qur'anic peoples & communities1
Revelation & transmission1
Supplications & remembrance1
Women, men & gender1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
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| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
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Verse restatements signed for this surah
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Signed introduction to this surah
One hundred and eleven verses: It opens with a journey by night between two places of prayer, and closes with an instruction to give praise. Most of what lies between is addressed directly to a listener.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-24 · Editorial
Editorial