al-Isra` 17:95

AYAH al-Isra` 17:95	17:96 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 17:94
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولً
Transliteration		Qul law kana fee al-ardi mala-ikatun yamshoona mutma-inneena lanazzalna AAalayhim mina alssama-i malakan rasoolan
Transliteration-2		qul law kāna fī l-arḍi malāikatun yamshūna muṭ'ma-innīna lanazzalnā ʿalayhim mina l-samāi malakan rasūla
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		Say, "If (there) were in the earth Angels walking securely, surely We (would) have sent do to them from the heaven an Angel (as) a Messenger."

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		Say: "If angels were walking about on earth as their natural abode, We would indeed have sent down unto them an angel out of heaven as Our apostle."
M. M. Pickthall		Say: If there were in the earth angels walking secure, We had sent down for them from heaven an angel as messenger
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		Say, "If there were settled, on earth, angels walking about in peace and quiet, We should certainly have sent them down from the heavens an angel for a messenger."
Shakir		Say: Had there been in the earth angels walking about as settlers, We would certainly have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a messenger
Wahiduddin Khan		Say, If there had been angels walking around on earth, We would have sent an angel down from Heaven as a messenger for them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		Say: If there had been angels on earth walking around, ones who are at peace, then, We would certainly have sent down for them from heaven an angel as a Messenger.
T.B.Irving		SAY: "If there had been angels calmly walking around on earth, we would have sent an angel down from Heaven as a messenger for them."
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Had there been angels walking the earth, well settled, We would have surely sent down for them an angel from heaven as a messenger.”
Safi Kaskas		Say, "If angels walked the earth feeling at home, We would have then sent down an angel from heaven as Our Messenger."
Abdul Hye		Say: “If there were angels walking on the earth in peace, then We would certainly have sent down to them an angel from the heaven as a Messenger.”
The Study Quran		Say, “Were there angels walking about upon the earth in peace, We would have sent down upon them an angel from Heaven as a messenger.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		Say: "If the Earth had Angels walking about in security, We would have sent down to them from heaven an Angel as a messenger."
Abdel Haleem		Say, ‘If there were angels walking about on earth, feeling at home, We would have sent them an angel from Heaven as a messenger.&rsquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		Say thou: were there in the earth angels walking about contentedly, We would surely have sent down unto them from the heaven an angel as an apostle
Ahmed Ali		Say: "If angels had peopled the earth and walked about in peace and quiet, We would surely have sent to them an angel as messenger
Aisha Bewley		Say: ´If there had been angels on the earth going about in peace, We would have sent down to them an angel from heaven as Messenger.´
Ali Ünal		Say: "If angels had been walking about on earth as their abode, We would surely have sent down upon them an angel from heaven as Messenger."
Ali Quli Qara'i		Say, ‘Had there been angels in the earth, walking around and residing [in it like humans do], We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as apostle.&rsquo
Hamid S. Aziz		Say, "Had there been on the earth settled angels walking about, then We would surely have sent them an angel as a messenger."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		Say, "If there were in the earth Angels walking composed, indeed We would have been sending down upon them from the heaven an Angel as a Messenger."
Muhammad Sarwar		(Muhammad), say, "Had the earth been inhabited by angels who would walk serenely therein, only then would We have sent to them angelic Messengers"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		Say, .Had there been angels (living) on the earth, walking about in peace, We would have certainly sent down an angel from the heavens as a messenger
Shabbir Ahmed		Say, "If angels walked about and dwelled in the earth, We would have sent an angel from the heaven as Messenger." (43:60)
Syed Vickar Ahamed		Say; "If on the earth, there were placed, angels walking about in peace and (quiet) security, We should certainly have sent them down from the heavens an angel as a messenger."
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."
Farook Malik		O Muhammad, tell them: "Had there been in the earth angels walking about as settlers, We would certainly have sent down to them an angel from heaven as a Messenger."
Dr. Munir Munshey		Say, "Had angels populated the earth, _ moving about peacefully in it _ We would certainly have sent another angel from heaven as a messenger for them."
Dr. Kamal Omar		Say: “If there were on the earth angels walhead of state about in peace and tranquility, We should certainly have sent down unto them from the heaven an angel as a Messenger.”
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		Say, 'If there were angels on earth, walking around in peace, We would have sent down to them from heaven an angel messenger.'
Maududi		Say: "Had angels been walking about in peace on the earth, We would surely have sent to them an angel from the heavens as Messenger."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		Say: if there were angels walking comfortably on the earth, We would have certainly sent down to them an angel from the sky as a messenger
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		Say, “If there were settled on earth angels walking about in peace and quiet, We should certainly have sent down from the heavens an angel for a messenger.
Musharraf Hussain		Say: “If angels walked and lived on Earth then naturally We would have sent from the Heavens a messenger who was an angel.”
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		Say: "If the earth had angels walking about in security, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a messenger."
Mohammad Shafi		Say, "Had angels been the normal inhabitants on earth, We would certainly have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as divine Messenger."

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		Say: “I would have sent an angel as My Messenger, if the earth was populated by the angels!&rdquo
Faridul Haque		Proclaim, "If there were angels walking peacefully on the earth, We would send down only an angel from heaven, as a Noble Messenger towards them."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		Say: 'Had there been angels walking at peace in the earth, We would have sent down an angel from heaven to them as a Messenger.
Maulana Muhammad Ali		Say: Had there been in the earth angels walking about secure, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as messenger
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		Say: "If there were in the earth/Planet Ea rth angels walking assured/secured , We would have descended on them from the sky/space an angel (as) a messenger."
Sher Ali		Say, `Had there been in the earth angels walking about in peace and quiet, WE would have certainly sent down to them from heaven an angel as a Messenger.
Rashad Khalifa		Say, "If the earth were inhabited by angels, we would have sent down to them from the sky an angel messenger."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		Say you, 'If there would have been angels in the earth walking about in peace' then We would have certainly sent down an angel as Messenger to them.
Amatul Rahman Omar		Say, `Had there been angels on the earth (in place of human beings) walking about secure and sound We (too) would have invariably sent down an angel from heaven as a Messenger to them.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		Say: ‘Had there been angels (instead of human beings) walking about, residing in the earth, then We (too) would have certainly sent down from heaven some angel as a Messenger.
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		Say: "If there were on the earth, angels walking about in peace and security, We should certainly have sent down for them from the heaven an angel as a Messenger."

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		Say: 'Had there been in the earth angels walking. at peace, We would have sent down upon them out of heaven an angel as Messenger.
Edward Henry Palmer		Say, 'Were there angels on the earth walking in quiet, we had surely sent them an angel as an apostle.
George Sale		Answer, if the angels had walked on earth as familiar inhabitants thereof, We had surely sent down unto them from heaven an angel for our apostle
John Medows Rodwell		SAY: Did angels walk the earth as its familiars, we had surely sent them an angel - apostle out of Heaven
N J Dawood (2014)		Say: ‘Had the earth been safe enough for angels to walk on, We would have sent down to them an angel from heaven as an emissary.&lsquo

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		Say, “If angels inhabited the earth, firmly walking, We would have sent them an angel from Heaven as a messenger.”
Sayyid Qutb		Say, 'Had there been angels walking about on earth as their natural abode, We would have sent them an angel messenger from heaven.'
Ahmed Hulusi		Say, “If it were angels who walked the earth as its inhabitants then surely We would have sent upon them from the heaven an angel Rasul.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		Say: 'Had there been in the earth angels walking at peace, We would certainly have sent down an angel from heaven to them as messenger'.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		Say to them: "If it were possible for angels to feel safe and secure when they move about on the ground here below, We would have sent down a divine Messenger"
Mir Aneesuddin		Say, “Had there been angles walking about as settlers in the earth, We would have sent down to them an angel as a messenger form the sky.”

AYAH al-Isra` 17:95

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