Surah Al-Hashr (الحشر) • The Exile

Quran 59:2

59:2

هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مِن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ لِأَوَّلِ ٱلْحَشْرِ ۚ مَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ ۖ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مَّانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا۟ ۖ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ ۚ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُم بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَٱعْتَبِرُوا۟ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِ

huwa alladhī akhraja alladhīna kafarū min ahli l-kitābi min diyārihim li-awwali l-ḥashri mā ẓanantum an yakhrujū waẓannū annahum māniʿatuhum ḥuṣūnuhum mina l-lahi fa-atāhumu l-lahu min ḥaythu lam yaḥtasibū waqadhafa fī qulūbihimu l-ruʿ'ba yukh'ribūna buyūtahum bi-aydīhim wa-aydī l-mu'minīna fa-iʿ'tabirū yāulī l-abṣāri

It is He who expelled the ones who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allāh; but [the decree of] Allāh came upon them from where they had not expected, and He cast terror into their hearts [so] they destroyed their houses by their [own] hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision.

— Saheeh International

It was He who drove those of the People of the Book who broke faith out from their homes at the first gathering of forces––you [believers] never thought they would go, and they themselves thought their fortifications would protect them against God. God came up on them from where they least expected and put panic into their hearts: their homes were destroyed by their own hands, and the hands of the believers. Learn from this, all of you with insight!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He it is Who drove out the disbelievers among the people of the Scripture (i.e. the Jews of the tribe of Banû An-Nadîr) from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would get out. And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allâh! But Allâh’s (Torment) reached them from a place whereof they expected it not, and He cast terror into their hearts so that they destroyed their own dwellings with their own hands and the hands of the believers. Then take admonition, O you with eyes (to see).

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

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هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
أَخْرَجَakhrajaexpelled
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
مِنْminfrom
أَهْلِahli(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Scripture
مِنminfrom
دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
لِأَوَّلِli-awwaliat (the) first
ٱلْحَشْرِۚl-ḥashrigathering
مَاmāNot
ظَنَنتُمْẓanantumyou think
أَنanthat
يَخْرُجُوا۟ۖyakhrujūthey would leave
وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they thought
أَنَّهُمannahumthat [they]
مَّانِعَتُهُمْmāniʿatuhumwould defend them
حُصُونُهُمḥuṣūnuhumtheir fortresses
مِّنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
فَأَتَىٰهُمُfa-atāhumuBut came to them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مِنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
لَمْlamnot
يَحْتَسِبُوا۟ۖyaḥtasibūthey expected
وَقَذَفَwaqadhafaand He cast
فِىfīinto
قُلُوبِهِمُqulūbihimutheir hearts
ٱلرُّعْبَۚl-ruʿ'ba[the] terror
يُخْرِبُونَyukh'ribūnathey destroyed
بُيُوتَهُمbuyūtahumtheir houses
بِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhimwith their hands
وَأَيْدِىwa-aydīand the hands
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(of) the believers
فَٱعْتَبِرُوا۟fa-iʿ'tabirūSo take a lesson
يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulīO those endowed
ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرِl-abṣāri(with) insight