هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مِن دِيَٰرِهِمْ لِأَوَّلِ ٱلْحَشْرِ ۚ مَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ ۖ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مَّانِعَتُهُمْ حُصُونُهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا۟ ۖ وَقَذَفَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلرُّعْبَ ۚ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتَهُم بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَيْدِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَٱعْتَبِرُوا۟ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَبْصَٰرِ
How to read it
Huwa -lladhī 'akh'raja -lladhīna kafarū min' 'ah'li l-kitābi min diyārihim' li'awwali l-ḥash'ri . mā ẓanantum' 'an yakh'rujū . waẓannū 'annahum mmāniʻatuhum' ḥuṣūnuhum mmina -llahi fa'atāhumu -llahu min' ḥay'thu lam' yaḥ'tassibū . waqadhafa fī qulūbihimu rruʻ'ba . yukh'ribūna buyūtahum bi'ay'dīhim' wa'ay'dī l-mu''minīna fa-ʻ'tabirū yā'ūlī l-'ab'ṣāri
It is He Who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book from their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye think that they would get out: And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! But the (Wrath of) Allah came to them from quarters from which they little expected (it), and cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own hands and the hands of the Believers, take warning, then, O ye with eyes (to see)!
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
