سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 7
إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(And We said): "If you do good, you do good for your ownselves, and if you do evil (you do it) against yourselves." Then, when the second promise came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to disgrace your faces and to enter the mosque (of Jerusalem) as they had entered it before, and to destroy with utter destruction all that fell in their hands.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنْ
in
If
أَحْسَنتُمْ
aḥsantum
you do good
أَحْسَنتُمْ
aḥsantum
you do good
لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ
li-anfusikum
for yourselves
وَإِنْ
wa-in
and if
أَسَأْتُمْ
asatum
you do evil
فَلَهَا ۚ
falahā
then it is for it
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
So when
جَآءَ
jāa
came
وَعْدُ
waʿdu
promise
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the last
لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟
liyasūū
to sadden
وُجُوهَكُمْ
wujūhakum
your faces
وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟
waliyadkhulū
and to enter
ٱلْمَسْجِدَ
l-masjida
the Masjid
كَمَا
kamā
just as
دَخَلُوهُ
dakhalūhu
they (had) entered it
أَوَّلَ
awwala
first
مَرَّةٍۢ
marratin
time
وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟
waliyutabbirū
and to destroy
مَا
mā
what
عَلَوْا۟
ʿalaw
they had conquered
تَتْبِيرًا
tatbīran
(with) destruction
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.
7. 1. This was the second time they caused corruption, when they killed Prophet Zakariya (علیہ السلام) and also attempted to kill Prophet Isa (علیہ السلام), whom Allah saved from them by raising him alive to the heavens. As a result, Allah imposed upon them the Roman king Titus, who attacked Jerusalem, slaughtered them in great numbers, took many captive, looted their wealth, trampled their religious scriptures underfoot, destroyed Bayt al-Maqdis and the Temple of Solomon, and exiled them from Bayt al-Maqdis forever. In this way, their humiliation and disgrace were thoroughly ensured. This destruction befell them in the year 70 CE.
