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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 7of 111

إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لِيَسُۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۢ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا﴿٧

Translation (Sahih International)

[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves." Then when the final promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the temple in Jerusalem, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنْinIf
أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖli-anfusikumfor yourselves
وَإِنْwa-inand if
أَسَأْتُمْasatumyou do evil
فَلَهَا ۚfalahāthen it is for it
فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
جَآءَjāacame
وَعْدُwaʿdupromise
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe last
لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟liyasūūto sadden
وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟waliyadkhulūand to enter
ٱلْمَسْجِدَl-masjidathe Masjid
كَمَاkamājust as
دَخَلُوهُdakhalūhuthey (had) entered it
أَوَّلَawwalafirst
مَرَّةٍۢmarratintime
وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟waliyutabbirūand to destroy
مَاwhat
عَلَوْا۟ʿalawthey had conquered
تَتْبِيرًاtatbīran(with) destruction

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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