We gave Moses the Book, and made it a Guide to the Children of Israel, (commanding): "Take not other than Me as
Disposer of (your) affairs."
17:3
O ye that are sprung from those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah! Verily he was a devotee most grateful.
17:4
And We gave (Clear) Warning to the Children of Israel in the Book, that twice would they do mischief on the earth
and be elated with mighty arrogance (and twice would they be punished)!
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.
17:6
Then did We grant you the Return as against them: We gave you increase in resources and sons, and made you the
more numerous in man-power.
17:7
If ye did well, ye did well for yourselves; if ye did evil, (ye did it) against yourselves. So when the second of the
warnings came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to disfigure your faces, and to enter your Temple as they had
entered it before, and to visit with destruction all that fell into their power.
17:8
It may be that your Lord may (yet) show Mercy unto you; but if ye revert (to your sins), We shall revert (to Our
punishments): And we have made Hell a prison for those who reject (all Faith).
17:9
Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable), and giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who
work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward;
