They were about to intimidate you to drive you out of the land ˹of Mecca˺, but then they would not have survived after you ˹had left˺ except for a little while.
17:76
˹This has been˺ Our way with the messengers We sent before you. And you will never find any change in Our way.
17:77
Observe the prayer from the decline of the sun until the darkness of the night and the dawn prayer, for certainly the dawn prayer is witnessed ˹by angels˺.1
17:78
And rise at ˹the last˺ part of the night, offering additional prayers, so your Lord may raise you to a station of praise.1
17:79
And say, “My Lord! Grant me an honourable entrance and an honourable exit1 and give me a supporting authority from Yourself.”
17:80
And declare, “The truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to vanish.”
17:81
We send down the Quran as a healing and mercy for the believers, but it only increases the wrongdoers in loss.
17:82
When We grant people Our favours, they turn away, acting arrogantly. But when touched with evil, they lose all hope.
17:83
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Everyone acts in their own way. But your Lord knows best whose way is rightly guided.”
17:84
They ask you ˹O Prophet˺ about the spirit. Say, “Its nature is known only to my Lord, and you ˹O humanity˺ have been given but little knowledge.”
17:85
If We willed, We could have certainly taken away what We have revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺—then you would find none to guarantee its return from Us—
17:86