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Al-Isra 4

Ayah 4 of 111 · Meccan

وَقَضَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَتُفۡسِدُنَّ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَرَّتَيۡنِ وَلَتَعۡلُنَّ عُلُوّٗا كَبِيرٗا ٤

And We conveyed1 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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Foretold out of divine knowledge of what they would do.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَضَيۡنَآAnd We decreedwaqaḍaynā
  2. إِلَىٰforilā
  3. بَنِيٓ(the) Childrenbanī
  4. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ(of) Israelis'rāīla
  5. فِيinfī
  6. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِthe Bookl-kitābi
  7. لَتُفۡسِدُنَّSurely you will cause corruptionlatuf'sidunna
  8. فِيinfī
  9. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  10. مَرَّتَيۡنِtwicemarratayni
  11. وَلَتَعۡلُنَّand surely you will reachwalataʿlunna
  12. عُلُوّٗاhaughtinessʿuluwwan
  13. كَبِيرٗاgreatkabīran

Tafsir

I told the Israelites and I informed them in the Torah that definitely they will be guilty of corruption on earth by their sin and arrogance twice, and they will rise over people with injustice and oppression, transgressing the limits in their rise.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran