الْاِسْرَاۤءِ

Surah Al-Isra, ayah 5

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17:5

فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ وَعْدُ اُو𐻿لٰیهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَیْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَنَٓا اُو𐻾لٖی بَاْسٍ شَدٖیدٍ فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّیَارِؕ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَفْعُولًا

Faitha jaa waAAdu oolahuma baAAathna AAalaykum AAibadan lana olee basin shadeedin fajasoo khilala alddiyari wakana waAAdan mafAAoolan

Translations

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

Saheeh International

So when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a threat performed

Marmaduke Pickthall