سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 5
فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَـٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُولًا ﴿5﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So, when the promise came for the first of the two, We sent against you slaves of Ours given to terrible warfare. They entered the very innermost parts of your homes. And it was a promise (completely) fulfilled.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
So when
جَآءَ
jāa
came
وَعْدُ
waʿdu
(the) promise
أُولَىٰهُمَا
ūlāhumā
(for) the first of the two
بَعَثْنَا
baʿathnā
We raised
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
against you
عِبَادًۭا
ʿibādan
servants
لَّنَآ
lanā
of Ours
أُو۟لِى
ulī
those of great military might
بَأْسٍۢ
basin
those of great military might
شَدِيدٍۢ
shadīdin
those of great military might
فَجَاسُوا۟
fajāsū
and they entered
خِلَـٰلَ
khilāla
the inner most part
ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ
l-diyāri
(of) the homes
وَكَانَ
wakāna
and (it) was
وَعْدًۭا
waʿdan
a promise
مَّفْعُولًۭا
mafʿūlan
fulfilled
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.
5. 1. This is a reference to the humiliation and destruction that befell the Jews in Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar, approximately six hundred years before Jesus ؑ. He mercilessly killed the Jews and took a large number of them as slaves, and this happened when they killed Allah’s prophet Shu’ayb ؑ or imprisoned Jeremiah ؑ, and by violating the commandments of the Torah and committing sins, they became guilty of spreading corruption in the land. Some say that instead of Nebuchadnezzar, it was Jalut whom Allah imposed upon them as a punishment, who inflicted severe oppression upon them. Until, under the leadership of Talut, Dawud ؑ killed Jalut.
