سورة الحَشر
Surah Al-Hashr 59:15
The Banishment · Verse 15 of 24
كَمَثَلِ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا ۖ ذَاقُوا وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Their case is) like the case of (Banû Qainuqa`, a Jew tribe at Madînah) their immediate predecessors (who were defeated). They suffered the evil consequences of their (evil) doings, and they received a woeful punishment.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Like those who lately preceded them, they have tasted the evil result of their conduct; and (in the Hereafter there is) for them a grievous Penalty;-
Ahmed Ali
Like those who had tasted the gravity of their actions a little before them. There is a grievous punishment for them.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Just like those (the Jews of the Banu Qaynuqa‘) who, a short time before them (the Jews of the Banu Nadir), tasted the evil result of their own doings – and (in the Hereafter) for them there is (also) a painful punishment.
Daryabadi
They are like those a little before them; they tasted the ill-effect of their affair, and theirs shall be a torment afflictive.
Faridul Haque
Like the example of those who were before them not long ago - they tasted the evil result of their deeds; and for them is a painful punishment.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Like those before them shortly: they tasted the evil consequences of their conduct, and for them is a painful chastisement.
Maulvi Sher Ali
Their case is like the case of those people who passed away only a short time before them. They tasted the evil consequences of their evil conduct. And for them is a painful punishment.
Muhammad Asad
[To both kinds of your enemies, O believers, is bound to happen] the like of [what happened to] those who, a short while before them, had to taste the evil that came from their own doings, with [yet more] grievous suffering awaiting them [in the life to come]:
Muhammad Musin Khan
They are like their immediate predecessors (the Jews of Bani Qainuqa', who suffered), they tasted the evil result of their conduct, and (in the Hereafter, there is) for them a painful torment;-
Muhammad Pickthall
On the likeness of those (who suffered) a short time before them, they taste the ill-effects of their own conduct, and theirs is painful punishment.
Muhammad Sarwar
They are like those who, a short time before, suffered the consequences of their deeds. They, too, will suffer a painful torment.
Muhammed ali Shakir
Like those before them shortly; they tasted the evil result of their affair, and they shall have a painful punishment.
Rashad Khalifa
Their fate is the same as their counterparts who preceded them. They suffered the consequences of their decisions. They have incurred a painful retribution.
Shabbir Ahmed
Their example is the same as of those who lately preceded them. They tasted the calamity for their (wrong) decisions, and theirs is the awful doom.
Commentary 59:15 “Immediate predecessors” مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا is a reference to Banû Qainuqa, another Jewish tribe of Madînah who took up arms against the Muslims in…
كَمَثَلِ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا ۖ
59:15 “Immediate predecessors” مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا is a reference to Banû Qainuqa, another Jewish tribe of Madînah who took up arms against the Muslims in Madînah after the Battle of Badr. After their defeat, they were banished just as the Jewish tribe Banû Nadzîr was later banished.