Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:7

17:7

إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا ۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا

in aḥsantum aḥsantum li-anfusikum wa-in asatum falahā fa-idhā jāa waʿdu l-ākhirati liyasūū wujūhakum waliyadkhulū l-masjida kamā dakhalūhu awwala marratin waliyutabbirū mā ʿalaw tatbīran

[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.

— Saheeh International

whether you do good or evil it is to your own souls––and when the second warning was fulfilled [We sent them] to shame your faces and enter the place of worship as they did the first time, and utterly destroy whatever fell into their power.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(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.

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

Juz 15Page 282meccan

Word by Word

إِنْinIf
أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
أَحْسَنتُمْaḥsantumyou do good
لِأَنفُسِكُمْۖli-anfusikumfor yourselves
وَإِنْwa-inand if
أَسَأْتُمْasatumyou do evil
فَلَهَاۚfalahāthen 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