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Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”) is the 17th surah of the Quran: a Makkan surah of 111 ayahs.

Background

Revealed in Makkah about a year before the Hijrah. It opens with the Isra’, the Prophet’s night journey from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa. It is also called Bani Isra’il.

Main themes

• The Isra’ and the blessed land of al-Aqsa (1)
• Kindness to parents, never saying “uff” to them (23–24)
• Commandments: give kin their due, do not waste, do not kill, give full measure (26–39)
• The Quran as healing and mercy for the believers (82)

Virtue

The Prophet ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited Bani Isra’il and Az-Zumar (Tirmidhi 2920).