وَقَضَيْنَآ And We decreed waqaḍaynā for ilā (the) Children banī (of) Israel is'rāīla in fī the Book l-kitābi Surely you will cause corruption latuf'sidunna in fī the earth l-arḍi twice marratayni and surely you will reach walataʿlunna haughtiness ʿuluwwan great kabīran
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."
فَإِذَا So when fa-idhā came jāa (the) promise waʿdu (for) the first of the two ūlāhumā We raised baʿathnā against you ʿalaykum servants ʿibādan of Ours lanā those of great military might ulī those of great military might basin those of great military might shadīdin and they entered fajāsū the inner most part khilāla (of) the homes l-diyāri and (it) was wakāna a promise waʿdan fulfilled 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.
ثُمَّ Then thumma We gave back radadnā to you lakumu the return victory l-karata over them ʿalayhim And We reinforced you wa-amdadnākum with the wealth bi-amwālin and sons wabanīna and made you wajaʿalnākum more akthara numerous nafīran
Then We gave back to you a return victory over them. And We reinforced you with wealth and sons and made you more numerous in manpower.
إِنْ If in you do good aḥsantum you do good aḥsantum for yourselves li-anfusikum and if wa-in you do evil asatum then it is for it falahā So when fa-idhā came jāa promise waʿdu the last l-ākhirati to sadden liyasūū your faces wujūhakum and to enter waliyadkhulū the Masjid l-masjida just as kamā they (had) entered it dakhalūhu first awwala time marratin and to destroy waliyutabbirū what mā they had conquered ʿalaw (with) destruction tatbīran
[And said], "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to them [i.e., yourselves]." Then when the final [i.e., second] promise came, [We sent your enemies] to sadden your faces and to enter the masjid [i.e., the temple in Jerusalem], as they entered it the first time, and to destroy what they had taken over with [total] destruction.
عَسَىٰ (It) may be ʿasā that your Lord rabbukum that your Lord an (may) have mercy upon you yarḥamakum But if wa-in you return ʿudttum We will return ʿud'nā And We have made wajaʿalnā Hell jahannama for the disbelievers lil'kāfirīna a prison-bed ḥaṣīran
[Then Allāh said], "It is expected, [if you repent], that your Lord will have mercy upon you. But if you return [to sin], We will return [to punishment]. And We have made Hell, for the disbelievers, a prison-bed."