Surah Al Isra ayat 76 Tafsir Quran 17:76

﴿وَإِن كَادُوا لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَافَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا﴾
[ الإسراء: 76]

17:76 And indeed, they were about to drive you from the land to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little.

When the Jews said to him ‘If you are a prophet then make your way to Syria for it is the land of prophets’ the following was revealed And indeed wa-in the particle in is softened they were about to provoke you out of the land the land of Medina to expel you from it but then had they expelled you they would not have remained after you in it except a little while after which they would have been destroyed.

They were resolved to impel you to the feeling of fear to make you resolve to quit the land and depart from Macca. But then they would have been allowed to remain only for a short while to come to the end of their rope wherefore We vanquish them and reduce them into a useless form

The Reason why these Ayat were revealed This was revealed concerning the disbelievers among the Quraysh, when they wanted to expel the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from among themselves.
So Allah issued a warning to them in this Ayah, telling them that if they expelled him, they would not stay in Makkah for very long after that.
And this is what happened after he migrated from them when their persecution became so intense.
Only a year and a half after that, Allah brought him and them together on the battlefield of Badr, without any pre-arranged appointment, and He caused him to prevail over them and defeat them, so he killed their leaders and took their families as captives.
Hence Allah said: سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا ( A Sunnah with which We sent ) meaning this is what We usually do to those who reject Our Messengers and persecute them by driving the Messenger out from among themselves - the punishment comes to them.
If it were not for the fact that the Prophet was the Messenger of Mercy, vengeance would have come upon them such as had never been seen before in this world.
So Allah says: وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنتَ فِيهِمْ ( And Allah would not punish them while you are among them. ) 8:33 أَقِمِ الصَّلَوةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى غَسَقِ الَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا

(17:76) And these people have persistently been trying to uproot you from this land and exile you from it, but if they do so, they will not be able to stay here much longer. *89

And indeed, they were about to drive meaning

*89) This was a clear prophecy which was made at the time when it appeared to be no more than a mere threat, but it was fulfilled literally in a decade or so.
A year after the revelation of this Surah, the disbelievers of Makkah compelled the Holy Prophet to Leave his home.
Then within eight years he entered Makkah as a conqueror, and within two years after this, the whole of Arabia was totally freed from mushriks.
Then whosoever stayed in that country, he remained there as a Muslim and not as a mushrik.

 

The Reason why these Ayat were revealed This was revealed concerning the disbelievers among the Quraysh, when they wanted to expel the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from among themselves.
So Allah issued a warning to them in this Ayah, telling them that if they expelled him, they would not stay in Makkah for very long after that.
And this is what happened after he migrated from them when their persecution became so intense.
Only a year and a half after that, Allah brought him and them together on the battlefield of Badr, without any pre-arranged appointment, and He caused him to prevail over them and defeat them, so he killed their leaders and took their families as captives.
Hence Allah said: سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا ( A Sunnah with which We sent ) meaning this is what We usually do to those who reject Our Messengers and persecute them by driving the Messenger out from among themselves - the punishment comes to them.
If it were not for the fact that the Prophet was the Messenger of Mercy, vengeance would have come upon them such as had never been seen before in this world.
So Allah says: وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنتَ فِيهِمْ ( And Allah would not punish them while you are among them. ) 8:33 أَقِمِ الصَّلَوةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ إِلَى غَسَقِ الَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا

( And they indeed wished to scare thee from the land ) the land of Medina ( that they might drive thee forth from thence ) to Historic Syria, ( and then ) if they succeeded in driving you away from Medina ( they would have stayed (there ) but a little after thee) before We destroy them.

And Verily, they were about to frighten you so much as to drive you out from the land. But in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after you, except for a little while.

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