Surah Al-Isra, ayah 4
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا
And We conveyed to the Children of Israel in the Scripture that, "You will surely cause corruption on the earth twice, and you will surely reach [a degree of] great haughtiness."
Al-Isra · 17:4
Word by word
- وَقَضَيْنَآwaqaḍaynāAnd We decreed
- إِلَىٰilāfor
- بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
- إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
- لَتُفْسِدُنَّlatuf'sidunnaSurely you will cause corruption
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- مَرَّتَيْنِmarrataynitwice
- وَلَتَعْلُنَّwalataʿlunnaand surely you will reach
- عُلُوًّۭاʿuluwwanhaughtiness
- كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat
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