Quran 17:7

Surah Al-Israa, Verse 7

Juz 15 · Page 282 · Ruku 240 · Meccan

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

Word by word

إِنْ in If أَحْسَنتُمْ aḥsantum you do good أَحْسَنتُمْ aḥsantum you do good لِأَنفُسِكُمْ ۖ li-anfusikum for yourselves وَإِنْ wa-in and if أَسَأْتُمْ asatum you do evil فَلَهَا ۚ falahā then it is for it فَإِذَا fa-idhā So when جَآءَ jāa came وَعْدُ waʿdu promise ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ l-ākhirati the last لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ liyasūū to sadden وُجُوهَكُمْ wujūhakum your faces وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ waliyadkhulū and to enter ٱلْمَسْجِدَ l-masjida the Masjid كَمَا kamā just as دَخَلُوهُ dakhalūhu they (had) entered it أَوَّلَ awwala first مَرَّةٍۢ marratin time وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ waliyutabbirū and to destroy مَا mā what عَلَوْا۟ ʿalaw they had conquered تَتْبِيرًا tatbīran (with) destruction

Transliteration

In ahsantum ahsantumli-anfusikum wa-in asa/tum falaha fa-itha jaawaAAdu al-akhirati liyasoo-oo wujoohakum waliyadkhulooalmasjida kama dakhaloohu awwala marratin waliyutabbiroo maAAalaw tatbeera

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

(Saying): If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in like manner). So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first time, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter wasting.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did it) against yourselves. So when the second of the warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and to enter your Temple as they had entered it before, and to visit with destruction all that fell into their power.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى : ( إن أحسنتم أحسنتم لأنفسكم وإن أسأتم فلها ) أي : فعليها ، كما قال تعالى : ( من عمل صالحا فلنفسه ومن أساء فعليها ) [ فصلت : 46 ] .

وقوله : ( فإذا جاء وعد الآخرة ) أي : المرة الآخرة أي : إذا أفسدتم المرة الثانية وجاء أعداؤكم ( ليسوءوا وجوهكم ) أي : يهينوكم ويقهروكم ( وليدخلوا المسجد ) أي بيت المقدس ( كما دخلوه أول مرة ) أي : في التي جاسوا فيها خلال الديار ) وليتبروا ) أي : يدمروا ويخربوا ) ما علوا ) أي : ما ظهروا عليه ( تتبيرا )