Quran 59:2 — Al-Hashr, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It was He who drove those of the People of the Book who broke faith out from their homes at the first gathering of forces––you [believers] never thought they would go, and they themselves thought their fortifications would protect them against God. God came up on them from where they least expected and put panic into their hearts: their homes were destroyed by their own hands, and the hands of the believers. Learn from this, all of you with insight!
هُوَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ لِأَوَّلِ الْحَشْرِ ۚ مَا ظَنَنْتُمْ أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا ۖ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ مَانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَأَتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا ۖ وَقَذَفَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الرُّعْبَ ۚ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُمْ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَا أُولِي الْأَبْصَارِ
huwa alladhī akhraja alladhīna kafarū min ahli l-kitābi min diyārihim li-awwali l-ḥashri mā ẓanantum an yakhrujū waẓannū annahum māniʿatuhum ḥuṣūnuhum mina l-lahi fa-atāhumu l-lahu min ḥaythu lam yaḥtasibū waqadhafa fī qulūbihimu l-ruʿ'ba yukh'ribūna buyūtahum bi-aydīhim wa-aydī l-mu'minīna fa-iʿ'tabirū yāulī l-abṣāri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who expelled from their habitations the unbelievers among the People of the Book at the first mustering. You did not think that they would go forth, and they thought that their fortresses would defend them against God; then God came upon them from whence they had not reckoned, and He cast terror into their hearts as they destroyed their houses with their own hands, and the hands of the believers; therefore take heed, you who have eyes!
- Muhammad Asad
- He it is who turned out of their homes, at the time of [their] first gathering [for war], such of the followers of earlier revelation as were bent on denying the truth. You did not think [O believers] that they would depart [without resistance] - just as they thought that their strongholds would protect them against God: but God came upon them in a manner which they had not expected, and cast terror into their hearts; [and thus] they destroyed their homes by their own hands as well as the hands of the believers. Learn a lesson, then, O you who are endowed with insight!
- Sahih International
- It is He who expelled the ones who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allāh; but [the decree of] Allāh came upon them from where they had not expected, and He cast terror into their hearts [so] they destroyed their houses by their [own] hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | أَخْرَجَakhraja | expelled | خرج |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 6 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 7 | أَهْلِahli | (the) People | أهل |
| 8 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Scripture | كتب |
| 9 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 10 | دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihim | their homes | دور |
| 11 | لِأَوَّلِli-awwali | at (the) first | أول |
| 12 | ٱلْحَشْرِ ۚl-ḥashri | gathering | حشر |
| 13 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 14 | ظَنَنتُمْẓanantum | you think | ظنن |
| 15 | أَنan | that | — |
| 16 | يَخْرُجُوا۟ ۖyakhrujū | they would leave | خرج |
| 17 | وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannū | and they thought | ظنن |
| 18 | أَنَّهُمannahum | that [they] | — |
| 19 | مَّانِعَتُهُمْmāniʿatuhum | would defend them | منع |
| 20 | حُصُونُهُمḥuṣūnuhum | their fortresses | حصن |
| 21 | مِّنَmina | against | — |
| 22 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 23 | فَأَتَىٰهُمُfa-atāhumu | But came to them | أتي |
| 24 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 25 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 26 | حَيْثُḥaythu | where | حيث |
| 27 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 28 | يَحْتَسِبُوا۟ ۖyaḥtasibū | they expected | حسب |
| 29 | وَقَذَفَwaqadhafa | and He cast | قذف |
| 30 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 31 | قُلُوبِهِمُqulūbihimu | their hearts | قلب |
| 32 | ٱلرُّعْبَ ۚl-ruʿ'ba | [the] terror | رعب |
| 33 | يُخْرِبُونَyukh'ribūna | they destroyed | خرب |
| 34 | بُيُوتَهُمbuyūtahum | their houses | بيت |
| 35 | بِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhim | with their hands | يدي |
| 36 | وَأَيْدِىwa-aydī | and the hands | يدي |
| 37 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | (of) the believers | أمن |
| 38 | فَٱعْتَبِرُوا۟fa-iʿ'tabirū | So take a lesson | عبر |
| 39 | يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulī | O those endowed | أول |
| 40 | ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِl-abṣāri | (with) insight | بصر |