(17:5) So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours – those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan,
(17:5) So, when the promise came for the first of the two, We sent against you slaves of Ours given to terrible warfare. They entered the very innermost parts of your homes. And it was a promise (completely) fulfilled.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
(17:5) So when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a threat performed.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(17:5) When the first of the warnings came to pass, We sent against you Our servants given to terrible warfare: They entered the very inmost parts of your homes; and it was a warning (completely) fulfilled.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
(17:5) So when the promise for the first of the two came, We sent over you Our servants, of mighty prowess, so they went to and fro among the houses, and it was a promise to be accomplished.
Dr. Ghali
(17:5) Then, when the promise of the first of the two came, We cause to rise against you bondmen of Ours endowed with strict violence, and so they went (ravaging) amidst (your) residences; and it was a promise performed.
Ali Unal
(17:5) Hence, when the time of the first of the two came, We roused and sent against you some servants of Ours of great might (chosen by Us to punish you), and they ravaged the land, searching the innermost parts of your homes. That was a threat to be executed.
Amatul Rahman Omar
(17:5) So when (in 588 B.C. the time for) the first of the two warnings came, We roused against you, (O Children of Israel! some of) Our servants possessed of great valour and might in warfare, and they penetrated into the innermost recesses of your country and habitations. Indeed, it was a warning (about the punishment) of Allâh bound to be carried out.
Literal
(17:5) So if their (B)`s first/beginning (of the two times) came, We sent on (to) you worshippers/slaves for Us of strong (severe) power/mighty, so they went through/corrupting/destroying in between and around the homes/houses , and (it) was a made/done promise.
Ahmed Ali
(17:5) So, when the time of the first prediction came, We sent against you Our creatures full of martial might, who ransacked your cities; and the prediction was fulfilled.
A. J. Arberry
(17:5) So, when the promise of the first of these came to pass, We sent against you servants of Ours, men of great might, and they went through the habitations, and it was a promise performed.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
(17:5) Then when the promise for the first of the two came, We raised against you bondmen of Ours endued with exceeding violence, so they entered the dwellings; and it was a promise fulfilled.
Maulana Mohammad Ali
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Muhammad Sarwar
(17:5) (We told them) during your first uprising of evil We shall send to you
Hamid Abdul Aziz
(17:5) And when the first of the two came, We sent against you Our servants given to great violence. They entered the inner most parts of your homes; and it was a fulfiled warning.
Faridul Haque
(17:5) So when the first of those promises came, We sent upon you Our extremely militant bondmen – they therefore entered the cities pursuing you
Talal Itani
(17:5) When the first of the two promises came true, We sent against you servants of Ours, possessing great might, and they ransacked your homes. It was a promise fulfilled.
Ahmed Raza Khan
(17:5) So when the first of those promises came, We sent upon you Our extremely militant bondmen they therefore entered the cities pursuing you; and this was a promise that had to be fulfilled.
Wahiduddin Khan
(17:5) When the time of the first of these warnings came, We sent against you servants of Ours, of great might, who ravaged your homes. So the warning was fulfilled,
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
(17:5) So, when the promise came for the first of the two, We sent against you servants of Ours given to terrible warfare. They entered the very innermost parts of your homes. And it was a promise (completely) fulfilled.
Ali Quli Qarai
(17:5) So when the first occasion of the two [prophecies] came, We aroused against you Our servants possessing great might, and they ransacked [your] habitations, and the promise was bound to be fulfilled.
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
(17:5) And when the promise of the first came, We sent against you Our worshipers, those of great might, and they went through the habitations, and the promise was accomplished.
That is translated surah Al Isra ayat 5 (QS 17: 5) in arabic and english text, may be useful.
It is regrettable that all the translators failed to convey the right grammatical tense meant through the “past simple” in these verses. Don’t these gentlemen know that in the Holy Qur’an the “past verb” may indicate not only the past itself, but sometimes “the present” { الآن جئت بالحق } البقرة/ 71, the past-the present-and the future at the same time as in :إنّ الصلاة كانت على المؤمنين كتابًا موقوتًا , and finally to ascertain a fact to happen in the future as in: وفتخت السماء فكانت ابواابا .
فمن اجتهد و اصاب فله اجران و من اجتهد و اخطأ فله أجر. و على كل حال جازى الله الجميع خيرا.
Faitha jaa waAAdu oolahuma baAAathna AAalaykum AAibadan lana olee basin shadeedin fajasoo khilala alddiyari wakana waAAdan mafAAoolan
It is regrettable that all the translators failed to convey the right grammatical tense meant through the “past simple” in these verses. Don’t these gentlemen know that in the Holy Qur’an the “past verb” may indicate not only the past itself, but sometimes “the present” { الآن جئت بالحق } البقرة/ 71, the past-the present-and the future at the same time as in :إنّ الصلاة كانت على المؤمنين كتابًا موقوتًا , and finally to ascertain a fact to happen in the future as in: وفتخت السماء فكانت ابواابا .
فمن اجتهد و اصاب فله اجران و من اجتهد و اخطأ فله أجر. و على كل حال جازى الله الجميع خيرا.