Al-Isra 17:8 عسى ربكم ان يرحمكم وان عدتم عدنا وجعلنا جهنم للكافرين حصيرا ٨

17:8

عَسَىٰ

رَبُّكُمۡ

أَن

يَرۡحَمَكُمۡۚ

وَإِنۡ

عُدتُّمۡ

عُدۡنَاۚ

وَجَعَلۡنَا

جَهَنَّمَ

لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

حَصِيرًا

May be your Lord would bestow mercy upon you. But if you do this again, We shall do that again, and We have made Jahannam (Hell) a prison for the disbelievers.”

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

It was mentioned in the Tawrah that the Jews would spread Mischief twice

Allah tells us that He made a declaration to the Children of Israel in the Scripture, meaning that He had already told them in the Book which He revealed to them, that they would cause mischief on the earth twice, and would beco

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It was mentioned in the Tawrah that the Jews would spread Mischief twice

Allah tells us that He made a declaration to the Children of Israel in the Scr

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Chapter 17, Page 283, Juz 15

2. And We gave Mūsā the Book and made it guidance for the children of Isrā’īl (bearing the command) “Do not take anyone other than Me as guardian, 3. O you, the progeny of those whom We put on board with NūH. Surely, He was a very grateful servant.” 4. And We declared to the children of Isrā’īl in the Book: “You will surely spread mischief on the earth twice, and you will surely show utmost haughtiness. 5. So, when came the time appointed for the first of the two, We dispatched against you some servants belonging to us having strong aggressive power, who combed through the houses; and it was a promise, bound to be fulfilled. 6. Then We gave you your turn to overpower them, and increased your strength with wealth and sons, and made you greater in number, 7. (saying) ‘If you do good, you will do it for your own benefit, and if you do evil, it will be against yourselves’. Later, when came the time appointed for the second, (We sent others,) so that they spoil your faces, and so that they enter into the Mosque as the former ones entered it the first time, and utterly destroy whatever they prevail upon. 8. May be your Lord would bestow mercy upon you. But if you do this again, We shall do that again, and We have made Jahannam (Hell) a prison for the disbelievers.” 9. Surely, this Qur’ān guides to something that is most straightforward, and gives glad tidings to the believers who do good deeds that ready for them there is a great reward, 10. and that We have prepared a painful punishment for those who do not believe in the Hereafter.

- T. Usmani