Rowwad Translation Center — 290

17:76 They were about to provoke you so as to drive you out of the land [of Makkah], but then they would not have remained after you, except for a little while[1].

17:77 Such was Our way with the messengers We sent before you, and you will find no change in Our way.

17:78 Establish prayer at the decline of the sun until the darkness of the night, and the recitation of dawn [prayer][1], for the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed [by the angels][2].

17:79 And wake up during the night and pray, as an additional prayer for you [O Prophet], so your Lord may raise you to a praised status[1].

17:80 And say, “My Lord, make me enter an honorable entrance[1] and make me exit an honorable exit[2], and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority.”

17:81 And say, “The truth has come and falsehood has perished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to perish[1].”

17:82 We send down the Qur’an as a healing and mercy[1] for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.

17:83 When We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself, but when evil befalls him, he is in utter despair.

17:84 Say, “Everyone acts in his own way[1], but your Lord knows best whose way is best guided.”

17:85 They ask you [O Prophet] about the spirit[1]. Say, “The spirit is of the affair of my Lord, and you have not been given knowledge except a little.”

17:86 If We willed, We could surely take away what We have revealed to you, then you would find no guardian to plead its return from Us;