سورة الإسرَاء
Surah Al-Isrâ’ 17:80
The Night-Journey · Verse 80 of 111
وَقُلْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطَانًا نَصِيرًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
And say (in Prayer), `My Lord, grant that when I enter (wherever you take me to while migrating) I enter with truth (in every way) and when I depart, I depart with truth, and grant me by Your grace authoritative help (which should sustain me in my activities).´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Say: "O my Lord! Let my entry be by the Gate of Truth and Honour, and likewise my exit by the Gate of Truth and Honour; and grant me from Thy Presence an authority to aid (me).
Ahmed Ali
And pray: "O my Lord, let my entry be with honour, and let my exit be with honour, and grant me power from You which would help (sustain) me."
12 more translations
Ali Unal
And say: "My Lord! Cause me to enter in a manner sincere and faithful to the truth, and cause me to exit in a manner sincere and faithful to the truth, and grant me from Your Presence a sustaining authority!"
Daryabadi
And say thou: O my Lord! cause me to enter a rightful entrance and cause me to go forth with a rightful outgoing, and appoint for me from before Thee an authority helpful.
Faridul Haque
And pray, "My Lord! Admit me with the truth and take me out with the truth *, and give me from Yourself a helpful dominance **." (* Wherever I come or go ** Through spread of Islam.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And say: My Lord, make me enter a truthful entering, and make me go forth a truthful going forth, and grant me from Thy presence an authority to help (me).
Maulvi Sher Ali
And say, `O my Lord, make my entry a good entry and make me go forth a good going forth. And grant me from thyself a helping power.'
Muhammad Asad
And say [in thy prayer]: "O my Sustainer! Cause me to enter [upon whatever I may do] in a manner true and sincere, and cause me to leave [it] in a manner true and sincere, and grant me, out of Thy grace, sustaining strength!"
Muhammad Musin Khan
And say (O Muhammad SAW): My Lord! Let my entry (to the city of Al-Madinah) be good, and likewise my exit (from the city of Makkah) be good. And grant me from You an authority to help me (or a firm sign or a proof).
Muhammad Pickthall
And say: My Lord! Cause me to come in with a firm incoming and to go out with a firm outgoing. And give me from Thy presence a sustaining Power.
Muhammad Sarwar
(Muhammad), say, "Lord, make me enter through a path that will lead to the Truth and come out of an exit that will take me to the Truth. Give me helpful authority.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And say: My Lord! make me to enter a goodly entering, and cause me to go forth a goodly going forth, and grant me from near Thee power to assist (me).
Rashad Khalifa
And say, "My Lord, admit me an honorable admittance, and let me depart an honorable departure, and grant me from You a powerful support."
Shabbir Ahmed
Say, “My Lord! Admit me in honor and let me depart in honor at every juncture of my life, and help me with strong support.”
Commentary 17:80 Here we are taught the supplication used for entering into an affair. We may also conclude an affair with it. We pray that Divine help is granted to us…
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا
17:80 Here we are taught the supplication used for entering into an affair. We may also conclude an affair with it. We pray that Divine help is granted to us in all our honest undertakings, and these undertakings are to be accompanied with Prayer and request for Divine help. According to Ibn ‘Abbâs the verse also refers to the Holy Prophets (pbuh) emigration to and from Makkah and his journey to Madînah.