17:67

Surah Al-Isra (The Night Trip)

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Dynamic translation

(17:67) When harm should afflict you at sea, then all those whom you called on besides Him suddenly vanish from you except for Him. So when He saves you to dry land, you turn away. The people are ever ungrateful.

Arabic text

(17:67) وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الْضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا نَجَّاكُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ كَفُورًا

Connected ideas

(7:134-135) When the plague befell them, they said, "O Moses, call on your Lord for what pledge He gave you. If you remove this plague from us, then we will acknowledge you and we will send with you the Children of Israel." So when We removed from them the plague until a future time; they broke their pledge.

(10:12) If any adversity inflicts people, then he calls upon Us on his side or sitting or standing. But when We remove his adversity from him, he goes on as if he never implored Us because of an adversity afflicted him! Thus the works of the transgressors are adorned for them.

(10:22) He is the One who carries you on land and on the sea. When you are on the ships and We drive them with a good wind which they rejoice with, a strong gust comes to it and the waves come to them from all sides, and they suppose that they are overwhelmed, they implore Allah devoting the system to Him: "If You save us from this, we will be of the thankful."

(11:9-10-11) If We give the human being a taste of mercy from Us, then We withdraw it from him. He becomes despairing, rejecting. If We give him the taste of a blessing after hardship had afflicted him, he will say, "Evil has gone from me!" he becomes happy, boastful. Except for those who are steadfast and do good work, these will have a pardon, and a great gratuity.

(29:65) When they ride on a ship, they call on Allah, devoting the system to Him. But as soon as He saves them to the shore, they set up partners.

(31:32) When waves surround them like mountains, they call on Allah, sincerely devoting the system to Him. But when He saves them to the shore, some of them revert. None discard Our ideas except those who are betrayers, ingrates.

(39:8) When the human being is afflicted with adversity, he implores his Lord, turning in repentance to Him. But then, when He grants him a blessing from Him, he forgets his previous imploring, and sets up equals with Allah, in order to mislead others from His path. Say, "Enjoy your rejection for a while; for you are of the dwellers of the fire."

(39:49) So when the human is touched by adversity, he implores Us, then when We bestow a blessing upon him, he says: "I attained this because of knowledge I had!" Indeed, it is a test, but most of them do not know.

(44:12) "Our Lord, remove the retribution from us; we are those who acknowledge."

(44:15) We will remove the retribution in a while; you will then revert back.