Quran 17:5 — Al-Israa, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When the first of these warnings was fulfilled, We sent against you servants of Ours with great force, and they ravaged your homes. That warning was fulfilled,
فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ أُولَاهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَنَا أُولِي بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَفْعُولًا
fa-idhā jāa waʿdu ūlāhumā baʿathnā ʿalaykum ʿibādan lanā ulī basin shadīdin fajāsū khilāla l-diyāri wakāna waʿdan mafʿūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, when the promise of the first of these came to pass, We sent against you servants of Ours, men of great might, and they went through the habitations, and it was a promise performed.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, when the prediction of the first of those two [periods of iniquity] came true, We sent against you some of Our bondmen of terrible prowess in war, and they wrought havoc throughout the land: and so the prediction was fulfilled.
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | So when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَjāa | came | جيأ |
| 3 | وَعْدُwaʿdu | (the) promise | وعد |
| 4 | أُولَىٰهُمَاūlāhumā | (for) the first of the two | أول |
| 5 | بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnā | We raised | بعث |
| 6 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | against you | — |
| 7 | عِبَادًۭاʿibādan | servants | عبد |
| 8 | لَّنَآlanā | of Ours | — |
| 9 | أُو۟لِىulī | those of great military might | أول |
| 10 | بَأْسٍۢbasin | those of great military might | بأس |
| 11 | شَدِيدٍۢshadīdin | those of great military might | شدد |
| 12 | فَجَاسُوا۟fajāsū | and they entered | جوس |
| 13 | خِلَـٰلَkhilāla | the inner most part | خلل |
| 14 | ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚl-diyāri | (of) the homes | دور |
| 15 | وَكَانَwakāna | and (it) was | كون |
| 16 | وَعْدًۭاwaʿdan | a promise | وعد |
| 17 | مَّفْعُولًۭاmafʿūlan | fulfilled | فعل |