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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 5of 111

فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًۭا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍۢ شَدِيدٍۢ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًۭا مَّفْعُولًۭا﴿٥

Translation (Sahih International)

So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
جَآءَjāacame
وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
أُولَىٰهُمَاūlāhumā(for) the first of the two
بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāWe raised
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
عِبَادًۭاʿibādanservants
لَّنَآlanāof Ours
أُو۟لِىulīthose of great military might
بَأْسٍۢbasinthose of great military might
شَدِيدٍۢshadīdinthose of great military might
فَجَاسُوا۟fajāsūand they entered
خِلَـٰلَkhilālathe inner most part
ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚl-diyāri(of) the homes
وَكَانَwakānaand (it) was
وَعْدًۭاwaʿdana promise
مَّفْعُولًۭاmafʿūlanfulfilled

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

It was mentioned in the Tawrah that the Jews would spread Mischief twiceAllah tells us that He made a declaration to the Children of Israel in the Scripture, meaning that He had already told them in the Book which He revealed to them, that they would cause mischief on the earth twice, and would become tyrants and extremely arrogant, meaning they would become shameless oppressors of people, Allah says:وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الاٌّمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَـؤُلآْءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ(And We mad...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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