Qur'an 17:82 — Al-Isra“And We reveal of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for believers though it increase the evil-doers in naught save ruin”
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Qur'an 17:82
“And We reveal of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for believers though it increase the evil-doers in naught save ruin” — read online, free, in the Pickthall translation.
“We send down in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe” — the Qur'an described as medicine.
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What does Quran 17:82 mean?
Allah says the Qur'an descends as a healing (shifa) and mercy for believers. The verse is recited in ruqyah — the Islamic practice of healing through Qur'anic recitation.
What translation of the Qur'an is this?
This is the translation of Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), a respected public domain English rendering of the Qur'an.
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