[
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 0,
    "arabic": "بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ",
    "english": "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.",
    "kiswahili": "Kwa jina la Mwenyezi Mungu, Mwingi wa Rehema, Mwenye Kurehemu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 1,
    "arabic": "سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَـٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ",
    "english": "Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.",
    "kiswahili": "Mtukufu yule aliyechukua Mtumishi wake usiku kutoka katika Msikiti wa Haram kwenda Msikiti wa Aqsa, ambao tumebariki kando zake, kumwonyesha baadhi ya Ishara Zetu. Hakika, Yeye ni Mwenye Kusikia, Mwenye Kuona."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 2,
    "arabic": "وءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ هُدًۭى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًۭا",
    "english": "And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it guidance for the Children of Israel, saying, 'Do not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na Tukampa Musa Kitabu na tukafanya kuwa mwongozo kwa Wana wa Israeli, tukiwaambia, 'Msichukue mwingine isipokuwa Mimi kuwa Msimamizi wa mambo.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 3,
    "arabic": "ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًۭا شَكُورًۭا",
    "english": "Descendants of those We carried [in the Ark] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.",
    "kiswahili": "Watoto wa wale tuliokuwa pamoja nao katika Safina na Nuhu. Hakika, yeye alikuwa mtumishi shukrani."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 4,
    "arabic": "وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا",
    "english": "And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture that they would commit corruption on the earth twice and would reach [a height of] great [sinfulness].",
    "kiswahili": "Na Tumeamuru kwa Wana wa Israeli katika Kitabu kwamba watakuwa na ufisadi duniani mara mbili na watapata juu ya dhambi kubwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 5,
    "arabic": "فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًۭا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَـٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًۭا مَّفْعُولًۭا",
    "english": "So when the promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours, of great might, who penetrated the homes; and it was a promise fulfilled.",
    "kiswahili": "Basi ilipofika ahadi ya kwanza kati yao, Tukawatuma watumishi Wetu wenye nguvu kubwa, waliyoingia nyumba, na ilikuwa ahadi iliyotekelezwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 6,
    "arabic": "ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا",
    "english": "Then We gave you back the return against them, and provided you with wealth and sons, and made you more numerous in manpower.",
    "kiswahili": "Kisha Tukarudishia faida dhidi yao, tukawaongezea mali na watoto, na tukawaongezea idadi ya watu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 7,
    "arabic": "إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا",
    "english": "If you do good, you do it for yourselves; and if you do evil, it is against yourselves. Then, when the promise of the Hereafter comes, they will make your faces humbled and enter the mosque as they entered it the first time, and will utterly destroy what they overran.",
    "kiswahili": "Kama mnafanya mema, mnajifanya wenyewe; na kama mnafanya mabaya, ni kwa nafsi zenu. Basi, itakapofika ahadi ya Akhera, watapunguza heshima za nyuso zenu na wataingia msikitini kama walivyoiingia mara ya kwanza, na wataharibu kabisa yale waliyozidi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 8,
    "arabic": "عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا",
    "english": "Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you; but if you return [to sin], We shall return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers.",
    "kiswahili": "Huenda Mola wenu akawa na rehema juu yenu; na kama miteremke, Nasi tutarudisha. Na Tumefanya Jahannamu kuwa kifungo kwa wakafiri."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 9,
    "arabic": "إِنَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرءَانَ يَهْدِى لِلَّتِى هِىَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًۭا كَبِيرًۭا",
    "english": "Indeed, this Qur’an guides to that which is most upright and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika Qur’ani hii inaongoza kwa yale yaliyo sawa zaidi na inawafarisia walioamini wanaofanya mema kwamba watapata thawabu kubwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 10,
    "arabic": "وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۭا",
    "english": "And those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have prepared for them a painful punishment.",
    "kiswahili": "Na wale wasioamini Akhera, Tumewaandalia adhabu ya kuumiza."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 11,
    "arabic": "وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولًۭا",
    "english": "Man prays for evil as he prays for good, and man is ever hasty.",
    "kiswahili": "Binadamu huomba mabaya kama anavyomba mema, na binadamu ni haraka mara zote."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 12,
    "arabic": "وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ ۖ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةًۭ لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ ۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ تَفْصِيلًۭا",
    "english": "And We made the night and day two signs. We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible so that you may seek bounty from your Lord and know the number of years and account [of time]. And everything We have explained in detail.",
    "kiswahili": "Na Tukafanya usiku na mchana kuwa ishara mbili. Tukafuta ishara ya usiku na tukafanya ishara ya mchana ionekane ili mtapata fadhila kutoka kwa Mola wenu na mjue idadi ya miaka na hesabu. Na kila kitu tumechieleza kwa ufafanuzi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 13,
    "arabic": "وَكُلَّ إِنسَـٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ كِتَـٰبًۭا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا",
    "english": "And every person’s deeds We have fastened to his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring forth for him a record which he will find wide open.",
    "kiswahili": "Na kila mtu amesaliwa matendo yake shingoni mwake, na siku ya Kiyama tutamtoa kitabu atakachokipata kimefunguliwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 14,
    "arabic": "ٱقْرَأْ كِتَـٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًۭا",
    "english": "Read your record; sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant.",
    "kiswahili": "Soma kitabu chako; wewe mwenyewe umekutosha siku hii kuwa mhesabu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 15,
    "arabic": "مَّنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦ ۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَا ۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌۭ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰ ۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًۭا",
    "english": "Whoever is guided, it is for his own good; and whoever errs, he errs against himself. No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another. We do not punish until We send a messenger.",
    "kiswahili": "Yeye aliyeongozwa, ni kwa ajili ya nafsi yake; na aliye potea, anapotea kwa nafsi yake. Hakuna mnyanyasaji kubeba dhambi ya mwingine. Hatuadhibi hadi tutumie Mtume."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 16,
    "arabic": "وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَا تَدْمِيرًۭا",
    "english": "And when We intend to destroy a town, We command its affluent people, but they act defiantly therein, so the word is justified against it, and We destroy it utterly.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tunapokusudia kuangamiza mji, Tunaamuru watu wake wa matajiri, lakini wanasaliti ndani yake, basi neno linaanza kuwa la haki dhidi yake, na Tunaliangamiza kabisa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 17,
    "arabic": "وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍۢ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا",
    "english": "And how many generations have We destroyed after Noah! And sufficient is your Lord as an All-Knowing and All-Seeing of the sins of His servants.",
    "kiswahili": "Na vizidisho vingi tulivyoharibu baada ya Nuhu! Na Mola wako anatosha kuwa Mjuzi na Muona wa dhambi za watumishi Wake."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 18,
    "arabic": "مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَىٰهَا مَذْمُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًۭا",
    "english": "Whoever desires the immediate [life], We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We intend, then We assign him Hell, which he shall burn in, ignominiously rejected.",
    "kiswahili": "Yeye aliye taka ya haraka, tunamharakisha ndani yake vilevile tunavyotaka kwa yule tunayetaka, kisha tunampa Jahannamu, atakayochomwa ndani yake, aibishwa na avurutwe."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 19,
    "arabic": "وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌۭ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًۭا",
    "english": "But whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it while he is a believer, then those are the ones whose effort is appreciated.",
    "kiswahili": "Na yule aliye taka Akhera na akijitahidi kwa ajili yake akiwa muumini, basi hao ni wale ambao jitihada zao zinathaminiwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 20,
    "arabic": "كُلًّۭا نُّمِدُّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا",
    "english": "We provide for all of them from the bounty of your Lord; His bounty is never restricted.",
    "kiswahili": "Sisi tunawatimizia wote kutoka fadhila za Mola wako; fadhila zake hazizuiliki."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 21,
    "arabic": "ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَـٰتٍۢ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًۭا",
    "english": "See how We favor some of them over others; but the Hereafter is greater in degrees and greater in excellence.",
    "kiswahili": "Angalia jinsi tulivyopewa baadhi yao faida juu ya wengine; lakini Akhera ni kubwa zaidi kwa daraja na kubwa zaidi kwa upendeleo."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 22,
    "arabic": "لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًۭا مَّخْذُولًۭا",
    "english": "Do not set up with Allah any other deity, lest you sit blamed and forsaken.",
    "kiswahili": "Usimweke pamoja na Mwenyezi Mungu mungu mwingine, la sivyo utakaa ukihukumiwa na kuachwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 23,
    "arabic": "وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّۢ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًۭا كَرِيمًۭا",
    "english": "Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and show kindness to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age, do not say to them a word of disrespect nor rebuke them, but speak to them with noble words.",
    "kiswahili": "Mola wako ameamuru msimwabudu ila yeye peke yake, na uwe mwema kwa wazazi wako. Ikiwa mmoja au wote wapo katika uzee, usiwaambie maneno ya kuto heshimu wala uwaagize vibaya, bali waambie kwa maneno mema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 24,
    "arabic": "وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًۭا",
    "english": "And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy, and say: 'My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na punguza kwao mbawa wa unyenyekevu kwa huruma, na useme: ‘Mola wangu, waepushe kwa huruma kama walivyonilea nikiwa mdogo.’"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 25,
    "arabic": "رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَـٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًۭا",
    "english": "Your Lord knows what is in your hearts; if you are righteous, He is indeed Forgiving to those who turn [to Him].",
    "kiswahili": "Mola wenu anajua yaliyo mioyoni mwenu; ikiwa mtakuwa wema, hakika Yeye ni Mwenye Kurehemu kwa wale wanaorudi [kwake]."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 26,
    "arabic": "وءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا",
    "english": "Give the due of kin, the needy, and the wayfarer, and do not squander wastefully.",
    "kiswahili": "Mpatie haki ya jamaa, maskini, na msafiri; na usitengeneze kwa upotevu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 27,
    "arabic": "إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓا۟ إِخْوَٰنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ ۖ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورًۭا",
    "english": "Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the devils, and Satan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika watu wasio waangalifu ni ndugu wa shetani, na shetani ni mkosefu wa shukrani kwa Mola wake."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 28,
    "arabic": "وَإِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ابْتِغَآءَ رَحْمَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمْ قَوْلًۭا مَّيْسُورًۭا",
    "english": "And if you turn away from them seeking mercy from your Lord which you hope for, then speak to them a gentle word.",
    "kiswahili": "Na ukiwapuuza kwa ajili ya kutaka rehema ya Mola wako unayoitarajia, basi waambie kwa maneno nyororo."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 29,
    "arabic": "وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًۭا مَّحْسُورًا",
    "english": "Do not make your hand chained to your neck, nor stretch it completely, lest you blame yourself and feel regretful.",
    "kiswahili": "Usiweke mkono wako ukishikana kwenye shingo yako, wala usipanue sana, la sivyo utakaa ukihukumiwa na kujuta."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 30,
    "arabic": "إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًۭا",
    "english": "Indeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts it; He is indeed All-Aware, All-Seeing of His servants.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika Mola wako humpanua riziki kwa yule atakayetamani na humfunga; hakika Yeye ni Mjuzi na Muona wa watumishi Wake."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 31,
    "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْـًۭٔا كَبِيرًۭا",
    "english": "And do not kill your children out of poverty; We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is a great sin.",
    "kiswahili": "Wala usiue watoto wako kwa hofu ya umasikini; Sisi tunawapa riziki wao na ninyi. Hakika kuwaua ni dhambi kubwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 32,
    "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ الزِّنَىٰٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةًۭ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًۭا",
    "english": "And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse; indeed, it is ever an immorality and evil way.",
    "kiswahili": "Wala usikaribie zina; hakika ni uovu na njia mbaya."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 33,
    "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ النَّفْسَ الَّتِى حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطَانًا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّى الْقَتْلِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورًۭا",
    "english": "Do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right. And whoever is killed unjustly, We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in killing; indeed, he will be helped.",
    "kiswahili": "Wala usiue nafsi ambayo Allah amezuia, isipokuwa kwa haki. Na yule aliyouawa bila haki, tumempa mrithi wake mamlaka, lakini asizidishe; hakika atasaidiwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 34,
    "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ ۚ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِالْعَهْدِ ۖ إِنَّ الْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔولًۭا",
    "english": "And do not approach the property of the orphan except in the best way until he reaches maturity. And fulfill [every] commitment; indeed, the commitment will be questioned.",
    "kiswahili": "Wala usikaribie mali ya yatima isipokuwa kwa njia bora hadi afikie umri wa kukomaa. Na timiza ahadi; hakika ahadi itahojiwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 35,
    "arabic": "وَأَوْفُوا۟ الْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِالْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًۭا",
    "english": "Give full measure when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is the best [way] and best in result.",
    "kiswahili": "Toa kipimo kamili unapopima, na waza kwa mizani iliyo sawa. Hii ni bora na yenye matokeo mema."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 36,
    "arabic": "وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَـٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًۭا",
    "english": "And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight, and the heart—all of those will be questioned.",
    "kiswahili": "Wala usiendelee kile usichokijua. Hakika sikio, jicho, na moyo—vyote vitahojiwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 37,
    "arabic": "وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرِقَ الْأَرْضَ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْجِبَالَ طُولًا",
    "english": "And do not walk upon the earth arrogantly; indeed, you will never pierce the earth nor reach the mountains in height.",
    "kiswahili": "Wala usitembee kwa kiburi duniani; hakika huwezi kupenya ardhi wala kufikia milima kwa urefu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 38,
    "arabic": "كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوهًۭا",
    "english": "All of that was evil in the sight of your Lord and detestable.",
    "kiswahili": "Yote hayo yalikuwa mabaya mbele ya Mola wako na yakatishwa tamaa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 39,
    "arabic": "ذَٰلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ ۗ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِي جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًۭا مَّدْحُورًا",
    "english": "That is from what your Lord has revealed to you of wisdom. And do not set up with Allah any other deity, lest you be thrown into Hell blamed and rejected.",
    "kiswahili": "Hayo ni kutoka kile ambacho Mola wako amekupa kwa hekima. Wala usimweke pamoja na Allah mungu mwingine, la sivyo utatupwa Jahannamu ukihukumiwa na kuachwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 40,
    "arabic": "أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِالْبَنِينَ وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلَـٰئِكَةِ إِنَاثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًۭا",
    "english": "Has your Lord preferred you in sons and taken from the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a great saying.",
    "kiswahili": "Je, Mola wenu amekupeni wanaume na kuchukua kutoka malaika wanawake? Hakika mnazungumza jambo kubwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 41,
    "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِي هَـٰذَا الْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًۭا",
    "english": "And indeed, We have detailed in this Qur’an for people who remember, but it only increases them in aversion.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika tumeelezea katika Qur’ani hii kwa ajili ya wale wanaokumbuka, lakini inawaongezea tu kupinga."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 42,
    "arabic": "قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ مَعَهُٓ آلِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًۭا لَّابْتَغَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِي الْعَرْشِ سَبِيلًۭا",
    "english": "Say: If there were gods with Him as they claim, then they would have sought a way to the Owner of the Throne.",
    "kiswahili": "Sema: Ikiwa kungekuwa na miungu pamoja naye kama wanavyosema, basi wangefuta njia kwa Mwenye Arshi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 43,
    "arabic": "سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا",
    "english": "Exalted is He and high above what they say in great exaltation.",
    "kiswahili": "Mtukufu Yeye na Yupo juu ya yale wanayosema kwa utukufu mkubwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 44,
    "arabic": "تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ السَّمَـٰوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَالأَرْضُ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن مِّن شَيْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْ ۗ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًۭا",
    "english": "The seven heavens and the earth and all that is within them glorify Him; and there is nothing but glorifies Him with praise, yet you do not understand their glorification. Indeed, He is Forbearing, Forgiving.",
    "kiswahili": "Mbingu saba na ardhi na kila kitu kilicho ndani yao hutasabihu Yeye; na hakuna kitu ila hutasabihu kwa sifa zake, lakini hamuelewi tasbihi yao. Hakika Yeye ni Mwenye Subira, Mwenye Kurehemu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 45,
    "arabic": "وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا",
    "english": "And when you recite the Qur’an, We place between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed barrier.",
    "kiswahili": "Na unaposoma Qur’ani, Tuweka kizuizi kilichofichwa kati yako na wale wasiomuamini Akhera."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 46,
    "arabic": "وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًۭا ۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى الْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُورًۭا",
    "english": "And We have set veils upon their hearts, lest they understand it, and deafness in their ears; and when you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn back in aversion.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tumewazika vikwazo katika mioyo yao, wasielewe, na masikio yao yamebaki na kusikia kwa ukosefu; na unapoitaja Mola wako peke yake katika Qur’ani, wanageuka kwa kupinga."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 47,
    "arabic": "نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ الظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًۭا مَّسْحُورًا",
    "english": "Indeed, We know best what they listen to when they listen to you and when they consult secretly, saying, 'You are not following except a bewitched man.'",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika sisi tunajua vyema wanavyosikia wanapokusikia wewe na wanapojadiliana kwa siri, wakisema: 'Humuongoi ila mtu aliyewekwa uchawi.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 48,
    "arabic": "انظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًۭا",
    "english": "See how they set forth comparisons for you and then go astray, unable to find a way.",
    "kiswahili": "Tazama jinsi wanavyokuonesha mifano na kisha wapotee, wakiwa hawawezi kupata njia."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 49,
    "arabic": "وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًۭا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًۭا جَدِيدًۭا",
    "english": "And they say: 'When we are bones and fragments, will we indeed be resurrected as a new creation?'",
    "kiswahili": "Na wanasema: 'Je, tutakapokuwa mifupa na mabaki, kweli tutaamuliwa upya kama kiumbe kipya?'"
  },
  {
  "surah": 17,
  "ayah": 50,
  "arabic": "قُلْ كُونُوا حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا",
  "english": "Say, 'Be you stones or iron.'",
  "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Kuwao kama mawe au chuma.'"
},
{
  "surah": 17,
  "ayah": 51,
  "arabic": "أَوْ خَلْقًۭا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ ۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًۭا",
  "english": "Or be created as that which grows in your breasts. They will say, 'Who will restore us?' Say, 'He who created you the first time.' Then they will bow their heads in humility before you and say, 'When will it be?' Say, 'Perhaps it will be soon.'",
  "kiswahili": "Au uwe umeundwa kutoka kwa kile kinachokua mioyoni mwenu. Watasema, 'Nani ataturudisha?' Sema, 'Yeye aliye kuumba mara ya kwanza.' Kisha watajikunja vichwa vyao mbele yako na kusema, 'Ni lini itatokea?' Sema, 'Labda ni hivi karibuni.'"
},
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 52,
    "arabic": "يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا",
    "english": "The Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him, thinking that you had only remained for a little time.",
    "kiswahili": "Siku atakapo waita na mtajibu kwa sifa zake, mnafikiri kwamba mmekaa kidogo tu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 53,
    "arabic": "وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ الَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَـٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَـٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوًّۭا مُّبِينًۭا",
    "english": "And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan incites discord among them. Indeed, Satan is an open enemy to mankind.",
    "kiswahili": "Na waambie watumishi wangu waliseme maneno mema. Hakika shetani huingiza uhasama kati yao. Hakika shetani ni adui wazi kwa binadamu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 54,
    "arabic": "رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْ ۖ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ ۚ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًۭا",
    "english": "Your Lord knows best about you. If He wills, He may have mercy upon you, or if He wills, He may punish you. And We have not sent you as a guardian over them.",
    "kiswahili": "Mola wenu anajua vyema kuhusu ninyi. Ikiwa atataka, atawarehemu, au atawadhulumu. Na hatukutuma wewe kuwa mlezi wao."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 55,
    "arabic": "وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِي السَّمَـٰوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۗ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۖ وَآتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًۭا",
    "english": "And your Lord knows best those in the heavens and the earth. And We have preferred some of the prophets over others; and to David We gave the Psalms.",
    "kiswahili": "Na Mola wako anajua vyema walio mbinguni na duniani. Na tumewaweka baadhi ya manabii juu ya wengine; na kwa Dawudi tumempa Zaburi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 56,
    "arabic": "قُلِ ادْعُوا۟ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا",
    "english": "Say: 'Call upon those whom you claim besides Him; they do not possess the power to remove harm from you nor to change it.'",
    "kiswahili": "Sema: 'Waite wale mnayeidai pamoja naye; hawana uwezo wa kuondoa madhara kwenu wala kubadilisha.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 57,
    "arabic": "أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ الْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًۭا",
    "english": "Those whom they invoke seek a means to their Lord, to be closer to Him, hoping for His mercy and fearing His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is to be feared.",
    "kiswahili": "Wale wanaowaomba wanatafuta njia kwa Mola wao, kuwa karibu naye, wakitarajia rehema Yake na kuogopa adhabu Yake. Hakika adhabu ya Mola wako ni ya kuogopwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 58,
    "arabic": "وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًۭا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتَـٰبِ مَسْتُورًۭا",
    "english": "And there is no town but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That is recorded in the Book.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hakuna mji ila tutauharibu kabla ya Siku ya Kiyama au kuliadhulumu kwa adhabu kali. Hiyo imeandikwa katika Kitabu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 59,
    "arabic": "وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِالْـَٔايَـٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةًۭ فَظَلَمُوا۟ بِهَا ۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْـَٔايَـٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًۭا",
    "english": "And what prevented Us from sending [signs] except that the former peoples denied them? And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a clear sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.",
    "kiswahili": "Na kilichotuzuia kutuma ishara ni kwamba watu wa zamani waliikana. Na tulipewa Thamudi ngamia kama ishara wazi, lakini walimdhulumu. Na hatutumii ishara isipokuwa kama onyo."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 60,
    "arabic": "وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّءْيَا الَّتِي أَرَيْنَاكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَانًا كَبِيرًا",
    "english": "And when We said to you, 'Your Lord has encompassed the people,' and We did not make the vision We showed you except as a trial for the people, and the accursed tree in the Qur’an; and We frighten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tulipo sema kwako, 'Mola wako amezunguka watu wote,' na hatukuonyesha maono hayo ila kama jaribio kwa watu, na mti uliokashifiwa katika Qur’ani; na tunawaogopesha, lakini hawazidi ila kwa mapotovu makubwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 61,
    "arabic": "وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ أَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا",
    "english": "And when We said to the angels, 'Prostrate to Adam,' they prostrated, except Iblis. He said, 'Shall I prostrate to one You created from clay?'",
    "kiswahili": "Na tulipo sema kwa malaika, 'Mnamwombe Adamu,' wakainama, isipokuwa Ibilisi. Akasema, 'Je, nitaainama kwa yule uliyemuumba kwa udongo?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 62,
    "arabic": "قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَذَا الَّذِي كَرَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا",
    "english": "He said, 'Do You see this one whom You honored above me? If You delay me until the Day of Resurrection, I will surely destroy his descendants, except a few.'",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'Unaona huyu uliyenilea juu yangu? Ikiwa utanichelewesha hadi Siku ya Kiyama, hakika nitahatarisha uzao wake, isipokuwa wachache.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 63,
    "arabic": "قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَمَنْ تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَاؤُكُمْ جَزَاءً مَّوْفُورًا",
    "english": "He said, 'Go! Whoever of them follows you, then surely Hell will be your recompense, abundant.'",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'Nenda! Yeye ambaye atakuja pamoja nawe, hakika Jehanamu itakuwa malipo yenu, mengi.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 64,
    "arabic": "وَاسْتَفْزِزْ مَنْ اسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُمْ بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجْلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ وَعِدْهُمْ ۚ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا",
    "english": "And incite whoever you can among them with your voice, and mount them with your horses and your foot soldiers, and share with them in wealth and children, and promise them; but Satan promises them nothing except delusion.",
    "kiswahili": "Na chochea yeyote kati yao unayoweza kwa sauti yako, na uendelee kwa farasi zako na askari zako, na shiriki nao mali na watoto, na waiahidi; lakini Shetani hawaahidi ila udanganyifu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 65,
    "arabic": "إِنَّ عِبَادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلًا",
    "english": "Indeed, My servants - you have no authority over them. And sufficient is your Lord as a Disposer of affairs.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika watumishi wangu hawana mamlaka kwako. Na Mola wako anatosha kuwa Mlezi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 66,
    "arabic": "رَبُّكُمُ الَّذِي يُزْجِي لَكُمُ الْفُلْكَ فِي الْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا",
    "english": "Your Lord is He who drives the ships for you through the sea so that you may seek of His bounty. Indeed, He is ever Merciful to you.",
    "kiswahili": "Mola wenu ndiye anayekupeleka meli kwenye bahari ili mtapata kibarua cha neema Yake. Hakika Yeye ni Mwema kwenu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 67,
    "arabic": "وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُونَ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّاكُمْ إِلَى الْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚ وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ كَفُورًا",
    "english": "And when affliction touches you at sea, you call upon Him alone; but when He brings you safely to land, you turn away. And man is ever ungrateful.",
    "kiswahili": "Na mwendo wa taabu ukiwapata baharini, mtamwomba Yeye peke yake; lakini akiwakuokoa hadi pwani, mnageuka. Na binadamu ni mchoyo."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 68,
    "arabic": "أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا",
    "english": "Do you feel secure that He will not cause the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones, then you would find no protector?",
    "kiswahili": "Je, mmejipa usalama kwamba hatakufanya ardhi ikunyonye au kutuma dhoruba ya mawe juu yenu, na mkashindwa kupata mlezi?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 69,
    "arabic": "أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَى فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِنَ الرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْ ۚ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا تَبِيعًا",
    "english": "Or do you feel secure that He will return you into it [the sea] a second time, and send upon you a violent wind, and drown you for your disbelief, then you would find no protector against Us?",
    "kiswahili": "Au mmejipa usalama kwamba atarudisha ndani yake mara nyingine, na atatuma upepo mkali juu yenu, na akawazame kwa ukosefu wenu wa Imani, kisha hamtaona mlezi dhidi Yetu?"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 70,
    "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَ وَحَمَلْنَاهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَاهُم مِّنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِّن مَّن خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا",
    "english": "And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on land and sea and provided them with good things, and preferred them over many of those We created, with [definite] preference.",
    "kiswahili": "Hakika tumewa heshimu wana wa Adam na kuwaamsha kwenye nchi na baharini, na tumepewa mema, na tumeweka juu yao wengi kati ya wale tuliowaumba kwa upendeleo."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 71,
    "arabic": "يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا كُلَّ أُنَاسٍ بِإِمَامِهِمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ فَأُولَئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا",
    "english": "The Day We will call every people with their record [of deeds]. So whoever is given his record in his right hand – those will read their record, and they will not be wronged, [even as much as] a thread.",
    "kiswahili": "Siku tutapowaita kila watu na kitabu chao. Yeye atakayepokea kitabu chake kwa mkono wake wa kulia – hao watakisoma kitabu chao, na hawatajeruhiwa hata kama nyuzi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 72,
    "arabic": "وَمَن كَانَ فِي هَذِهِ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا",
    "english": "And whoever was blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and further astray from the way.",
    "kiswahili": "Na yeyote aliye kipofu katika hii [dunia] atakuwa kipofu katika Akhera na zaidi kupotea njia."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 73,
    "arabic": "وَإِن كَادُوا لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ الَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِيَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُ ۖ وَإِذًا لَاتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلًا",
    "english": "And indeed they almost tempted you away from that which We revealed to you, to fabricate something other than it; and then they would have taken you as a close friend.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hakika karibu walikupotosha kutoka yale tuliyo funua kwako, ili utengeneze kitu kingine; kisha wangekuchukulia kama rafiki wa karibu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 74,
    "arabic": "وَلَوْلَا أَن ثَبَّتْنَاكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِم شَيْئًا قَلِيلًا",
    "english": "And if We had not made you firm, you almost inclined toward them a little.",
    "kiswahili": "Na kama hatukukuimarisha, karibu ungeelekea kwao kidogo."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 75,
    "arabic": "إِذًا لَّأَذَقْنَكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَيَاةِ وَضِعْفَ الْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا",
    "english": "Then We would surely have made you taste double [punishment] in life and double [punishment] after death, and you would find no helper against Us.",
    "kiswahili": "Basi hakika tungetupa ladha ya marudio ya adhabu katika maisha na marudio katika kifo, na hutapata msaidizi wetu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 76,
    "arabic": "وَإِن كَادُوا لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَافَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا",
    "english": "And indeed, they almost plotted to drive you from the land to expel you from it, but then they would not have remained long after you.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hakika karibu walikusudia kukutoa kutoka ardhini, lakini wangebaki muda mfupi tu baada yako."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 77,
    "arabic": "سُنَّةَ مَنْ قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا",
    "english": "It is the established way of those We sent before you of Our messengers, and you will not find in Our way any change.",
    "kiswahili": "Hii ni kanuni ya wale tuliotuma kabla yako wa mitume Yetu, na hutapata mabadiliko katika kanuni Yetu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 78,
    "arabic": "أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى غَسَقِ اللَّيْلِ وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا",
    "english": "Establish prayer at the decline of the sun until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur’an of dawn. Indeed, the Qur’an of dawn is ever witnessed.",
    "kiswahili": "Tendeni sala wakati jua linapopungua hadi giza la usiku, na Qur’ani ya alfajiri. Hakika Qur’ani ya alfajiri inashuhudiwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 79,
    "arabic": "وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نَافِلَةً لَكَ عَسَى أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا",
    "english": "And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.",
    "kiswahili": "Na kutoka usiku, endelea kwa ibada ya hiari kwako; labda Mola wako atakuinua katika wadhifa wa heshima."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 80,
    "arabic": "وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا",
    "english": "And say, 'My Lord, cause me to enter a truthful entrance and exit with truth, and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na sema, 'Mola wangu, niingize kwa kweli, na nitoe kwa kweli, na nipe kutoka kwako mamlaka ya kusaidia.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 81,
    "arabic": "وَقُل جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ ۚ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا",
    "english": "And say, 'Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood is ever bound to vanish.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na sema, 'Haki imekuja na uongo umeondoka. Hakika uongo hubaki kupotea.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 82,
    "arabic": "وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا",
    "english": "And We send down of the Qur’an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tunatuma Qur’ani ambayo ni uponyaji na rehema kwa waumini, lakini haiwazidi wadhulumu ila kupotea."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 83,
    "arabic": "وَإِذَا أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى الْإِنسَانِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَآ بِجَانِبِهِ ۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ الشَّرُّ كَانَ يَئُوسًا",
    "english": "And when We bestow favor upon man, he turns away and distances himself; but when evil touches him, he becomes despairing.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tunapompa binadamu neema, anageuka na kujitenga; lakini mwendo wa shari ukimkuta, anakuwa mteso."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 84,
    "arabic": "قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَى شَاكِلَتِهِ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَى سَبِيلًا",
    "english": "Say, 'Each works according to his manner, but your Lord is most knowing of who is best guided in way.'",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Kila mtu hufanya kulingana na njia yake, lakini Mola wenu anajua zaidi yupi anayoongozwa vyema.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 85,
    "arabic": "وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُم مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا",
    "english": "And they ask you about the soul. Say, 'The soul is of the affair of my Lord, and you have not been given of knowledge except a little.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na wanakuuliza kuhusu roho. Sema, 'Roho ni kwa ajili ya Mola wangu, na hamjapewa maarifa ila kidogo.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 86,
    "arabic": "وَلَئِن شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيلًا",
    "english": "And if We willed, We could certainly remove that which We revealed to you, then you would find no guardian against Us.",
    "kiswahili": "Na ikiwa tutataka, hakika tunaweza kuondoa yale tuliyo funua kwako, kisha hutapata mlezi dhidi Yetu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 87,
    "arabic": "إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًا",
    "english": "Except as mercy from your Lord. Indeed, His favor upon you is great.",
    "kiswahili": "Isipokuwa kama rehema kutoka kwa Mola wako. Hakika neema Yake kwako ni kubwa."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 88,
    "arabic": "قُل لَّئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى أَن يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا",
    "english": "Say, 'If mankind and the jinn gathered to produce the like of this Qur’an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants.'",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Iwapo wanadamu na majini wangekusanyika kuleta sawa na Qur’ani hii, hawawezi kuleta sawa na hiyo, hata kama wangesaidiana.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 89,
    "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِي هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبَى أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا",
    "english": "And We have certainly presented for the people in this Qur’an from every [kind of] example, but most of the people refused except disbelief.",
    "kiswahili": "Na hakika tumewaonyesha watu mifano ya kila aina katika Qur’ani hii, lakini wengi wa watu walikataa isipokuwa kufuru."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 90,
    "arabic": "وَقَالُوا لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا",
    "english": "And they say, 'Never will we believe you until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth.'",
    "kiswahili": "Wakasema, 'Hatutaamini hadi utatengeneza chemchemi kwetu kutoka ardhini.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 91,
    "arabic": "أَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِن نَّخِيلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ الْأَنْهَارَ خِلَالَهَا تَفْجِيرًا",
    "english": "Or you have a garden of palm trees and vines, and cause rivers to gush forth within it in abundance.",
    "kiswahili": "Au utakuwa na bustani ya mitende na mizabibu, na utatengeneza mito itiririke ndani yake kwa wingi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 92,
    "arabic": "أَوْ تُسْقِطَ السَّمَاء كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِي بِاللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ قَبِيلًا",
    "english": "Or you cast down the sky upon us in pieces as you claim, or bring Allah and the angels before [us].",
    "kiswahili": "Au utatupa mbingu juu yetu vipande vipande kama unavyodai, au ulelete Allahu na malaika mbele yetu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 93,
    "arabic": "أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌۭ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى السَّمَاءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّى تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابًا نَّقْرَؤهُ ۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا",
    "english": "Or you have a house of ornament or ascend into the sky; never will we believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book that we may read.' Say, 'Exalted is my Lord! Was I ever but a human messenger?'",
    "kiswahili": "Au utakuwa na nyumba ya kifahari au ukapanda mbinguni; hatutaamini juu ya kupanda kwako hadi utuletee kitabu tutakachosoma. Sema, 'Ulewe wa Mola wangu! Je, mimi si binadamu wa mtume tu?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 94,
    "arabic": "وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا إِذْ جَاءَهُمُ الْهُدَىٰ إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا أَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا",
    "english": "And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, 'Has Allah sent a human being as a messenger?'",
    "kiswahili": "Na nini kilizuia watu kuamini wakati mwanga ulipowajia isipokuwa walisema, 'Je, Allah amemtuma binadamu kama mtume?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 95,
    "arabic": "قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا",
    "english": "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.'",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Iwapo kulikuwa na malaika wakienda ardhini kwa amani, tungewatuma kutoka mbinguni malaika kama mtume.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 96,
    "arabic": "قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرًا بَصِيرًا",
    "english": "Say, 'Sufficient is Allah as witness between me and you; He is ever, over His servants, All-Aware, All-Seeing.'",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Allah ni shuhuda wa kutosha kati yangu na yenu; Yeye ni Mjuzi na Mwangazi juu ya watumishi Wake.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 97,
    "arabic": "وَمَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِي ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَاء مِن دُونِهِ ۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا ۖ مَّأْوَاهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَاهُمْ سَعِيرًا",
    "english": "And whomsoever Allah guides, he is rightly guided; and whomsoever He leaves astray, you will not find for them any protector besides Him. We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection on their faces, blind, mute, and deaf. Their refuge is Hell, and whenever it subsides, We increase them in blazing fire.",
    "kiswahili": "Na yule aleyeye Allah amemwongoa, ndiye ameongozwa; na yule aliyeachwa kwa upotofu, hutapata mlezi yoyote isipokuwa Yeye. Tutawakusanya Siku ya Kiyama uso kwa uso, wakiwa vipofu, wasio na sauti, na wenzio wakiwa viziwi. Makazi yao ni Jahannamu, na kila mara inaposhuka, tunawaongeza kwa moto mkali."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 98,
    "arabic": "ذَلِكَ جَزَاؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَقَالُوا أَئِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَرُفَاتًا أَئِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا",
    "english": "That is their recompense for having disbelieved in Our signs and saying, 'When we are bones and crumbled particles, shall we indeed be resurrected as a new creation?'",
    "kiswahili": "Hiyo ni malipo yao kwa kufuru katika ishara Zetu na kusema, 'Tutakapokuwa mifupa na vipande vilivyovunjika, je, kweli tutafufuliwa kama uumbaji mpya?'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 99,
    "arabic": "أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلًا لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى الظَّالِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا",
    "english": "Do they not see that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, is able to create the like of them, and He has appointed for them a term? There is no doubt about it, yet the wrongdoers refuse except in disbelief.",
    "kiswahili": "Je, hawajaona kwamba Allah, Yeye aliyeumba mbingu na ardhi, anaweza kuunda sawa nao, na amewapa muda uliowekwa? Hakika hakuna shaka, lakini wenye dhuluma wanalikataa isipokuwa kwa kufuru."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 100,
    "arabic": "قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَائِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّي إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ الْإِنفَاقِ ۚ وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ قَتُورًا",
    "english": "Say, 'If you possessed the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending. And mankind is ever stingy.'",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Iwapo mlikuwa na hazina za rehema ya Mola wangu, basi mangingatia kwa hofu ya kutoa. Na binadamu ni mvivu.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 101,
    "arabic": "وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ ۖ فَسْئَلْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِذْ جَاءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًا",
    "english": "And We certainly gave Moses nine clear signs. So ask the Children of Israel when he came to them, Pharaoh said to him, 'Indeed I think you are, O Moses, among the bewitched.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na hakika tumempa Musa ishara tisa zilizo wazi. Basi waulize Wana wa Israeli walipomjia, Farao akamwambia, 'Hakika nakudhani wewe, Musa, umechawiwa.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 102,
    "arabic": "قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا أَنزَلَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ بَصَائِرَ وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّكَ يَا فِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا",
    "english": "He said, 'You have already known that these were sent down by the Lord of the heavens and the earth as clear proofs, and I think, Pharaoh, that you are doomed.'",
    "kiswahili": "Akasema, 'Tayari unajua kwamba haya yametumwa na Mola wa mbingu na ardhi kama mashahidi wazi, na nadhani, Farao, umehukumiwa.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 103,
    "arabic": "فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَّعَهُ جَمِيعًا",
    "english": "So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and all those with him.",
    "kiswahili": "Basi alikusudia kuwatoa katika ardhi, lakini Tumemwacha akizama na wote waliokuwa pamoja naye."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 104,
    "arabic": "وَقُلْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اسْكُنُوا الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًا",
    "english": "And We said after him to the Children of Israel, 'Dwell in the land.' And when the final promise comes, We will bring you forth as a [mixed] assembly.",
    "kiswahili": "Na tukasema baada yake kwa Wana wa Israeli, 'Kaa ardhini.' Na wakati wa ahadi ya mwisho itakapokuja, tutawaalete kama mkusanyiko mchanganyiko."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 105,
    "arabic": "وَبِالْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَاهُ وَبِالْحَقِّ نَزَلَ ۗ وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا",
    "english": "And with the truth We have sent it down, and with the truth it has descended. And We have not sent you except as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.",
    "kiswahili": "Na kwa kweli tumelituma, na kwa kweli limekuja. Na hatukutuma isipokuwa kama mtoaji wa habari njema na kionyozi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 106,
    "arabic": "وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنْزِيلًا",
    "english": "And [it is] a Quran which We have separated [by parts] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.",
    "kiswahili": "Na ni Qur'an tuliyokitenganisha vipande ili usome kwa muda mrefu kwa watu. Na tumelituma hatua kwa hatua."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 107,
    "arabic": "قُلْ آمِنُوا بِهِ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوا ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا",
    "english": "Say, 'Believe in it or do not believe.' Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it, when it is recited to them, fall upon their faces in prostration.",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Amini au msiamini.' Hakika wale waliopatiwa maarifa kabla yake, inapolesemwa mbele yao, wanadondoka uso kwa sujudi."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 108,
    "arabic": "وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولًا",
    "english": "And they say, 'Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, the promise of our Lord has been fulfilled.'",
    "kiswahili": "Na wanasema, 'Ulewe wa Mola wetu! Hakika ahadi ya Mola wetu imetimizwa.'"
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 109,
    "arabic": "وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا",
    "english": "And they fall upon their faces weeping, and it increases them in humility.",
    "kiswahili": "Wanakaa uso chini wakilia, na inawaongezea unyenyekevu."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 110,
    "arabic": "قُلِ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ أَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمَٰنَ ۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَابْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا",
    "english": "Say, 'Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Merciful. Whichever you call upon, to Him belong the best names.' And do not recite your prayer aloud, nor in a low voice, but seek a middle way between them.",
    "kiswahili": "Sema, 'Iwaitie Allah au Mwingi wa Rehema. Yeye ndiye mwenye majina mema.' Na usome sala zako kwa sauti kubwa, wala kwa sauti ndogo, bali tafuta njia ya kati."
  },
  {
    "surah": 17,
    "ayah": 111,
    "arabic": "وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ ۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًا",
    "english": "And say, 'Praise be to Allah, who has not taken a son and has no partner in dominion, and has no protector from humiliation.' And magnify Him with [great] magnification.",
    "kiswahili": "Na sema, 'Sifa zijengwe kwa Allah, Yeye asiyechukua mtoto na hana mshirika katika utawala, na hana mlezi wa kudhulumiwa.' Na Msimulishe kwa ukuu mkubwa."
  }
]