Surah Al-Isra 17:104 — translation and meaning

الإسراء · Verse 104 / 111 · Page 292

وَقُلْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اسْكُنُوا الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًا

Word by Word

وَقُلْنَا
waqul'na
And We said
مِن
min
after him
بَعْدِهِ
ba'dihi
after him
لِبَنِي
libani
to the Children of Israel
إِسْرَائِيلَ
is'raila
to the Children of Israel
اسْكُنُوا
us'kunu
Dwell
الْأَرْضَ
al-arda
(in) the land
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
then when
جَاءَ
jaa
comes
وَعْدُ
wa'du
(the) promise
الْآخِرَةِ
al-akhirati
(of) the Hereafter
جِئْنَا
ji'na
We will bring
بِكُمْ
bikum
you
لَفِيفًا
lafifan
(as) a mixed crowd

Transliteration

Wa qulnaa mim ba'dihee li Baneee Israaa'eelas kunul arda faizaa jaaa'a wa'dulaakhirati ji'naa bikum lafeefaa

Translation

And We said after Pharaoh to the Children of Israel, "Dwell in the land, and when there comes the promise of the Hereafter, We will bring you forth in [one] gathering."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And I said to the Israelites after destroying Pharaoh and his armies: Settle in the land of the Levant. Then when the Day of Judgment comes, I shall bring you all to the plain of gathering for the accounting.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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