Qira'at Fact File for Surah Al-Isra 17:16

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واذا اردنا ان نهلك قرية امرنا مترفيها ففسقوا فيها فحق عليها القول فدمرناها تدميرا ١٦

وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَا تَدْمِيرًۭا ١٦

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Whenever We intend to destroy a society, We command its elite ˹to obey Allah˺ but they act rebelliously in it. So the decree ˹of punishment˺ is justified, and We destroy it utterly.

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امرنا

Readers

Abū Jaʿfar

Madinah

Ibn ʿĀmir

Damascus

Nāfiʿ

Madinah

Ḥamzah

Kufah

Ibn Kathīr

Makkah

Khalaf

Kufah

Abū ʿAmr

Basrah

al-Kisāʾī

Kufah

Yaʿqūb

Basrah

ʿĀṣim

Kufah

Readings

أَمَرْنَا

amarnā

“We command the affluent (to act rightly)” OR "We increase the numbers of the affluent"

This form I verb can be understood in the sense of 'multiplying' or in its more common sense of 'commanding'.

ءَامَرْنَا

āmarnā

"We increase the numbers of the affluent"

The form IV verb specifically means to multiply.

Explanation

These readings are either identical in meaning, or convey different aspects of the situation [al-Alusi].

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran