Al-Isra Verse 8 | 17:8

عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ يَّرْحَمَكُمْۚ وَاِنْ عُدْتُّمْ عُدْنَاۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكٰفِرِيْنَ حَصِيْرًا ( الإسراء: ٨ )

ʿasā

عَسَىٰ

"(It) may be

rabbukum

رَبُّكُمْ

that your Lord

أَن

that your Lord

yarḥamakum

يَرْحَمَكُمْۚ

(may) have mercy upon you

wa-in

وَإِنْ

But if

ʿudttum

عُدتُّمْ

you return

ʿud'nā

عُدْنَاۘ

We will return

wajaʿalnā

وَجَعَلْنَا

And We have made

jahannama

جَهَنَّمَ

Hell

lil'kāfirīna

لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ

for the disbelievers

ḥaṣīran

حَصِيرًا

a prison-bed"

'Asaa rabbukum anyyarhamakum; wa in 'uttum 'udnaa; wa ja'alnaa jahannama lilkaafireena haseera (al-ʾIsrāʾ 17:8)

Sahih International:

[Then Allah said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed." (Al-Isra [17] : 8)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

May be your Lord would bestow mercy upon you. But if you do this again, We shall do that again, and We have made Jahannam (Hell) a prison for the disbelievers.”

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

And We said in the Scripture; It may be that your Lord will have mercy upon you, after the second time, if you were to repent; but if you revert, to [working] corruption, We [too] will revert, to punishment. And assuredly they did revert by denying the Prophet (s), and so he was given power over them, through the slaying of the [Ban] Qurayza, the expulsion of the [Ban] Nadr and the exacting of the jizya-tax from them; and We have made Hell a dungeon for the disbelievers, a place of detention and a prison [for them].

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

عَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ

with utter destruction. It may be that your Lord may show mercy unto you,

meaning that He may rid you of them.

وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا

but if you return (to sins), We shall return (to Our punishment).

meaning, if you return to causing mischief,

عُدْنَا
(We shall return) means,

We `will once again punish you in this world, along with the punishment and torment We save for you in the Hereafter.'

وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ حَصِيرًا

And We have made Hell a prison (Hasir) for the disbelievers.

meaning, a place of permanent detention, a prison which cannot be avoided or escaped.

Ibn Abbas said,

"Hasir here means a jail."

Mujahid said,

"They will be detained in it."

Others said like- wise.

Al-Hasan said,

"Hasir means a bed of Fire."

Qatadah said;

"The Children of Israel returned to aggression, so Allah sent this group against them, Muhammad and his companions, who made them pay the Jizyah, with willing submission, and feeling themselves subdued.