The Holy Quran 17:76 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

وَإِن كَادُوا۟ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَا ۖ وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَـٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translation

They (the Mushrikeen of Makkah) were close to uprooting (forcefully expelling) you from this land (Makkah) to remove you from it (However, Allaah commanded Rasulullaah ﷺ to leave by himself.) If this had happened (if they had forcefully driven Rasulullaah ﷺ away from Makkah), only a few of them would have remained behind you (because Allaah's punishment would have destroyed them).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, they wish to drive you out of Makkah by harassing and alarming you. But let them remember that if they do so, they themselves will not be able to remain here for long. And so it happened. Their oppression and persecution became the cause of the hijrah (emigration)

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