هُوَ He huwa (is) the One Who alladhī expelled akhraja those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū from min (the) People ahli (of) the Scripture l-kitābi from min their homes diyārihim at (the) first li-awwali gathering l-ḥashri Not mā you think ẓanantum that an they would leave yakhrujū and they thought waẓannū that [they] annahum would defend them māniʿatuhum their fortresses ḥuṣūnuhum against mina Allah l-lahi But came to them fa-atāhumu Allah l-lahu from min where ḥaythu not lam they expected yaḥtasibū and He cast waqadhafa into fī their hearts qulūbihimu [the] terror l-ruʿ'ba they destroyed yukh'ribūna their houses buyūtahum with their hands bi-aydīhim and the hands wa-aydī (of) the believers l-mu'minīna So take a lesson fa-iʿ'tabirū O those endowed yāulī (with) insight l-abṣāri
It is He who expelled the ones who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture1 from their homes at the first gathering.2 You did not think they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allāh; but [the decree of] Allāh came upon them from where they had not expected, and He cast terror into their hearts [so] they destroyed their houses by their [own] hands and the hands of the believers. So take warning, O people of vision.