Surah Al-Isra 17:4 — translation and meaning

الإسراء · Verse 4 / 111 · Page 282

وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا

Word by Word

وَقَضَيْنَا
waqadayna
And We decreed
إِلَى
ila
for
بَنِي
bani
(the) Children
إِسْرَائِيلَ
is'raila
(of) Israel
فِي
fi
in
الْكِتَابِ
al-kitabi
the Book
لَتُفْسِدُنَّ
latuf'sidunna
Surely you will cause corruption
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
مَرَّتَيْنِ
marratayni
twice
وَلَتَعْلُنَّ
walata'lunna
and surely you will reach
عُلُوًّا
uluwwan
haughtiness
كَبِيرًا
kabiran
great

Transliteration

Wa qadainaaa ilaa Baneee Israaa'eela fil Kitaabi latufsidunna fil ardi marratain; wa lata'lunna'uluwwan kabeeraa

Translation

And We conveyed 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.

Verse interpretation (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.

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

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