Qur'an 59:2 Al-Hashr
هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِن دِيَٰرِهِمْ لِأَوَّلِ ٱلْحَشْرِ ۚ مَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ ۖ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مَّانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا۟ ۖ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ ۚ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُم بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَٱعْتَبِرُوا۟ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ
It is He who expelled the ones who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think they would leave, and they thought that their fortresses would protect them from Allah; but [the decree of] Allah 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.
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What it says
The verse names the event the surah is built around: the exile of Banu an-Nadir from Medina, called here the first gathering because a second and larger gathering of the People of the Book out of Arabia was still to come. Two expectations collapse in one sentence, the believers did not expect the exile, and the tribe did not expect their own fortresses to fail them. The houses come down by both sides' hands, theirs and the believers', and the verse ends by naming the reader directly, calling on whoever can see to look at what happened.
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هُوَ huwa He · ٱلَّذِىٓ alladhī is the one who · أَخْرَجَ akhraja drove out · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who · كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved · مِنْ min among · أَهْلِ ahli the people · ٱلْكِتَٰبِ al-kitābi of the Book · مِن min from · دِيَٰرِهِمْ diyārihim their homes · لِأَوَّلِ li-awwali at the first · ٱلْحَشْرِ al-ḥashri gathering · مَا mā not · ظَنَنتُمْ ẓanantum did you think · أَن an that · يَخْرُجُوا۟ yakhrujū they would leave · وَظَنُّوٓا۟ wa-ẓannū and they thought · أَنَّهُم annahum that they · مَّانِعَتُهُمْ māniʿatuhum would protect them · حُصُونُهُم ḥuṣūnuhum their fortresses · مِّنَ mina from · ٱللَّهِ llāhi Allah · فَأَتَىٰهُمُ fa-atāhumu but came upon them · ٱللَّهُ allāhu Allah · مِنْ min from · حَيْثُ ḥaythu where · لَمْ lam not · يَحْتَسِبُوا۟ yaḥtasibū they had reckoned · وَقَذَفَ wa-qadhafa and He cast · فِى fī into · قُلُوبِهِمُ qulūbihimu their hearts · ٱلرُّعْبَ ar-ruʿba terror · يُخْرِبُونَ yukhribūna they wreck · بُيُوتَهُم buyūtahum their houses · بِأَيْدِيهِمْ bi-aydīhim with their own hands · وَأَيْدِى wa-aydī and the hands · ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ al-mu'minīna of the believers · فَٱعْتَبِرُوا۟ fa-ʿtabirū so take a lesson · يَٰٓأُو۟لِى yāʾulī O you possessors · ٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ al-abṣār of sight
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