Quran 17:7 — Al-Israa, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
whether you do good or evil it is to your own souls––and when the second warning was fulfilled [We sent them] to shame your faces and enter the place of worship as they did the first time, and utterly destroy whatever fell into their power.
إِنْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا
in aḥsantum aḥsantum li-anfusikum wa-in asatum falahā fa-idhā jāa waʿdu l-ākhirati liyasūū wujūhakum waliyadkhulū l-masjida kamā dakhalūhu awwala marratin waliyutabbirū mā ʿalaw tatbīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'If you do good, it is your own souls you do good to, and if you do evil it is to them likewise.' Then, when the promise of the second came to pass, We sent against you Our servants to discountenance you, and to enter the Temple, as they entered it the first time, and to destroy utterly that which they ascended to.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And We said:] "If you persevere in doing good, you will but be doing good to yourselves; and if you do evil, it will be [done] to yourselves." And so, when the prediction of the second [period of your iniquity] came true, [We raised new enemies against you, and allowed them] to disgrace you utterly, and to enter the Temple as [their forerunners] had entered it once before, and to destroy with utter destruction all that they had conquered.
- Sahih International
- [And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنْin | If | — |
| 2 | أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantum | you do good | حسن |
| 3 | أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantum | you do good | حسن |
| 4 | لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖli-anfusikum | for yourselves | نفس |
| 5 | وَإِنْwa-in | and if | — |
| 6 | أَسَأْتُمْasatum | you do evil | سوأ |
| 7 | فَلَهَا ۚfalahā | then it is for it | — |
| 8 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | So when | — |
| 9 | جَآءَjāa | came | جيأ |
| 10 | وَعْدُwaʿdu | promise | وعد |
| 11 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati | the last | أخر |
| 12 | لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟liyasūū | to sadden | سوأ |
| 13 | وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakum | your faces | وجه |
| 14 | وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟waliyadkhulū | and to enter | دخل |
| 15 | ٱلْمَسْجِدَl-masjida | the Masjid | سجد |
| 16 | كَمَاkamā | just as | — |
| 17 | دَخَلُوهُdakhalūhu | they (had) entered it | دخل |
| 18 | أَوَّلَawwala | first | أول |
| 19 | مَرَّةٍۢmarratin | time | مرر |
| 20 | وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟waliyutabbirū | and to destroy | تبر |
| 21 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 22 | عَلَوْا۟ʿalaw | they had conquered | علو |
| 23 | تَتْبِيرًاtatbīran | (with) destruction | تبر |