The Holy Quran 7:167 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

Translation

(Do not forget the time) When your Rabb declared that until the day of Qiyaamah He will definitely (repeatedly) raise against them (the Bani Israa'eel) such people who will inflict them with severe punishment (as a result, there have been many figures in history who were responsible for humiliating the Jews in many ways). Certainly your Rabb is swift in punishing (the wrongdoers) and (at the same time) He is undoubtedly the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful (towards the Mu'mineen).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The perpetual subjugation of the Jews: that is, a firm declaration had been made by Allah that if the Jews abandoned acting on the commands of the Torah, Almighty Allah would, until near the Day of Resurrection, from time to time set over them such people as would keep them in grievous torment. Grievous torment here refers to a life of subjugation.

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