سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 4
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا ﴿4﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture: indeed you would do mischief in the land twice and you will become tyrants and extremely arrogant!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَضَيْنَآ
waqaḍaynā
And We decreed
إِلَىٰ
ilā
for
بَنِىٓ
banī
(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
لَتُفْسِدُنَّ
latuf'sidunna
Surely you will cause corruption
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
مَرَّتَيْنِ
marratayni
twice
وَلَتَعْلُنَّ
walataʿlunna
and surely you will reach
عُلُوًّۭا
ʿuluwwan
haughtiness
كَبِيرًۭا
kabīran
great
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
