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Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 5 (17:5)

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فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ …

Quran 17:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 282 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:5
فَإِذَاجَآءَوَعْدُأُولَىٰهُمَابَعَثْنَاعَلَيْكُمْعِبَادًالَّنَآأُو۟لِىبَأْسٍشَدِيدٍفَجَاسُوا۟خِلَٰلَٱلدِّيَارِ ۚوَكَانَوَعْدًامَّفْعُولًا٥
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.(5)

Word by word

  1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāSo when
  2. جَآءَjāacame
  3. وَعْدُwaʿdu(the) promise
  4. أُولَىٰهُمَاūlāhumā(for) the first of the two
  5. بَعَثْنَاbaʿathnāWe raised
  6. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
  7. عِبَادًاʿibādanservants
  8. لَّنَآlanāof Ours
  9. أُو۟لِىulīthose of great military might
  10. بَأْسٍbasinthose of great military might
  11. شَدِيدٍshadīdinthose of great military might
  12. فَجَاسُوا۟fajāsūand they entered
  13. خِلَٰلَkhilālathe inner most part
  14. ٱلدِّيَارِ ۚl-diyāri(of) the homes
  15. وَكَانَwakānaand (it) was
  16. وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
  17. مَّفْعُولًاmafʿūlanfulfilled

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