Surah Al-Isra, 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
[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.
Al-Isra · 17:7
Word by word
- إِنْinIf
- أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
- أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
- لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖli-anfusikumfor yourselves
- وَإِنْwa-inand if
- أَسَأْتُمْasatumyou do evil
- فَلَهَا ۚfalahāthen it is for it
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
- جَآءَjāacame
- وَعْدُwaʿdupromise
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe last
- لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟liyasūūto sadden
- وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
- وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟waliyadkhulūand to enter
- ٱلْمَسْجِدَl-masjidathe Masjid
- كَمَاkamājust as
- دَخَلُوهُdakhalūhuthey (had) entered it
- أَوَّلَawwalafirst
- مَرَّةٍۢmarratintime
- وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟waliyutabbirūand to destroy
- مَاmāwhat
- عَلَوْا۟ʿalawthey had conquered
- تَتْبِيرًاtatbīran(with) destruction
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