# 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 74

- **Surah:** 17. Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey) — سورة الإسراء
- **Verse:** 74 / 111 · **Juz:** 15 · **Mushaf page:** 288
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-74

## Arabic

وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ اِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـٔاً قَل۪يلاًۗ

## Transcription

Walawla an thabbatnaka laqadkidta tarkanu ilayhim shay-an qaleela

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

If We had not made you firm, you would have leaned towards them a little.

### Progressive Muslims

And if We had not made you stand firm, you were about to lean towards them a little bit.

### Shabbir Ahmed

Their pressure was so intense that, without firm Conviction that brings Our support, you might have inclined toward them a little. (10:15), (11:113), (68:9).

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And were it not that We had made thee firm, thou wouldst have relied upon them a little,

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

And if We had not made you stand firm, you were about to lean towards them a little bit.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

If it were not that we strengthened you, you almost leaned towards them just a little bit.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

If We had not kept you constant you had almost leaned towards them.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And if We had not strengthened you, you would have almost inclined to them a little.

### Muhammad Asad

And 'had We not made thee firm [in faith], thou might have inclined to them a. little

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And if We had not made thee wholly firm thou mightest almost have inclined unto them a little.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

Indeed, had We not strengthened you, you might have inclined to them a little,

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

Had We not confirmed you and influenced your heart and mind and impelled to the feeling of authority and security of position you would have gone along with them up to a point, thinking that with making a small concession you would succeed in fulfilling the divine mission.

### Bijan Moeinian

If I had not strengthened your faith, you would have compromised a little bit with them.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

And had We not made you stand firm, you would nearly have inclined to them a little.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst nearly have inclined to them a little.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Had We not made you steadfast, you probably would have inclined to them a little,

### Taqi Usmani

Had We not made you firm, it was likely that you would have inclined towards them a little bit.

### Abdul Haleem

If We had not made you stand firm, you would almost have inclined a little towards them.

### Arthur John Arberry

and had We not confirmed thee, surely thou wert near to inclining unto them a very little;

### E. Henry Palmer

and had it not been that we established thee, thou wouldst have well-nigh leant towards them a little:

### Hamid S. Aziz

And had it not been that We made you firm, you would have almost inclined towards them a little (made concessions, compromises).

### Mahmoud Ghali

And if we had not made you stand firm, indeed you were already almost about to (seek) support from them a (very) little.

### George Sale

And unless We had confirmed thee, thou hadst certainly been very near inclining unto them a little.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

And if We had not given you strength, you would have certainly listened to them a little.

### Amatul Rahman Omar

And if We had not made you firm and steadfast, you might have inclined towards them a little.

### Ali Quli Qarai

Had We not fortified you, certainly you might have inclined toward them a bit.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Eğer biz seni, direnç verip sarsılmaz kılmasaydık, neredeyse onlara birazcık meyledecektin!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Eğer biz seni sağlamlaştırmasaydık, andolsun, onlara az bir şey (de olsa) eğilim gösterecektin.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Eğer seni sebatkar kılmasaydık yani engellemeseydik, gerçekten neredeyse onlara birazcık meyledecektin.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Eğer biz sana sebat vermiş olmasaydık, az kalsın onlara biraz meyledecektin.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ve eğer biz sana sebat vermemiş olsa idik sen onlara az bir şey meyledeyazdındı

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Ve eğer Biz sana sebat vermemiş olsaydık, sen onlara nerede ise meylettindi.

### Gültekin Onan

Eğer biz seni sağlamlaştırmasaydık, andolsun, onlara az bir şey (de olsa) eğilim gösterecektin.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Eğer sana sebat vermiş olmasaydık, andolsun ki, sen onlara (belki) biraz meyl edecekdin.

### İbni Kesir

Şayet sana sebat vermemiş olsaydık; andolsun ki, az da olsa onlara meyl edecektin.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Eğer seni(n imanını) berkitmemiş olsaydık, belki de onlara biraz olsun eğilim gösterecektin.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Eğer seni sağlam tutmamış olsaydık, az da olsa onlara meyledecektin.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Eğer biz seni sağlamlaştırmamış olsaydık, onlara bir parça yanaşacaktın.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Eğer biz seni sağlamlaştırmamış olsaydık, yemin olsun, onlara birazcık meylediverecektin.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Fakat Biz eğer kalbini iman üzere perçinlememiş olsaydık, belki o zaman birazçık olsun onlara eğilim göstermen mümkün olabilirdi.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Seni dirençli kılmasaydık, ant olsun ki sen, onlara az da olsa eğilim gösterecektin.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Seni güçlendirmiş olmasaydık, gerçek şu ki, onlara biraz eğilim gösterecektin.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Eğer seni sağlamlaştırmasaydık, az da olsa onlara meyledecek gibi olurdun.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Seni dayanıklı (kararlı) kılmasaydık, az kalsın onlara birazcık eğilim gösterecektin.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Bu ayet Hûd 11:12. ayetle birlikte okunmalıdır.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Seni dirençli kılmasaydık, ant olsun ki sen, neredeyse az da olsa onlara eğilim gösterecektin.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Seni dirençli kılmasaydık, ant olsun ki sen, neredeyse az da olsa onlara eğilim gösterecektin.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Eğer biz senin duruşunu sağlamlaştırmasaydık[1] sen neredeyse onlara azıcık da olsa meyledecektin!

_Footnotes_
- [1] Allah, herkese davranışlarının iyi mi kötü mü olduğunu ilham eder. Kötü bir işe niyetlenen yahut bunu yapan kişinin içinde hissettiği sıkıntı ve vicdan azabı da iyi iş yapanın hissettiği iç huzuru da Allah'ın ona olan ilhamıdır ([Yusuf 12/24,](https://quran.so/12/24) [İbrahim 14/27,](https://quran.so/14/27) [Şems 91/7](https://quran.so/91/7)-[10](https://quran.so/91/10)).

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْلَآ — walawlā | And if not | — |
| 2 | أَن — an | [that] | — |
| 3 | ثَبَّتْنَـٰكَ — thabbatnāka | We (had) strengthened you | ثبت — Se-Be-Te |
| 4 | لَقَدْ — laqad | certainly | — |
| 5 | كِدتَّ — kidtta | you almost | كود — Kef-Vav-Dal |
| 6 | تَرْكَنُ — tarkanu | (would) have inclined | ركن — Ra-Kef-Nun |
| 7 | إِلَيْهِمْ — ilayhim | to them | — |
| 8 | شَيْـًۭٔا — shayan | (in) something | شيا — Şin-Ye-Elif |
| 9 | قَلِيلًا — qalīlan | a little | قلل — Kaf-Lam-Lam |

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