Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:5

17:5

فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَـٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُولًا

fa-idhā jāa waʿdu ūlāhumā baʿathnā ʿalaykum ʿibādan lanā ulī basin shadīdin fajāsū khilāla l-diyāri wakāna waʿdan mafʿūlan

So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.

— Saheeh International

When the first of these warnings was fulfilled, We sent against you servants of Ours with great force, and they ravaged your homes. That warning was fulfilled,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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.

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

Juz 15Page 282meccan

Word by Word

فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
جَآءَjāacame
وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
أُولَىٰهُمَاūlāhumā(for) the first of the two
بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāWe raised
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
عِبَادًۭاʿibādanservants
لَّنَآlanāof Ours
أُو۟لِىulīthose of great military might
بَأْسٍۢbasinthose of great military might
شَدِيدٍۢshadīdinthose of great military might
فَجَاسُوا۟fajāsūand they entered
خِلَـٰلَkhilālathe inner most part
ٱلدِّيَارِۚl-diyāri(of) the homes
وَكَانَwakānaand (it) was
وَعْدًۭاwaʿdana promise
مَّفْعُولًۭاmafʿūlanfulfilled