Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:4

17:4

وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا

waqaḍaynā ilā banī is'rāīla fī l-kitābi latuf'sidunna fī l-arḍi marratayni walataʿlunna ʿuluwwan kabīran

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."

— Saheeh International

We declared to the Children of Israel in the Scripture, ‘Twice you will spread corruption in the land and become highly arrogant.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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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