Translation of the meanings Ayah 5 Surah Al-Isrā’ - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 5

فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ عِبَادٗا لَّنَآ أُوْلِي بَأۡسٖ شَدِيدٖ فَجَاسُواْ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِۚ وَكَانَ وَعۡدٗا مَّفۡعُولٗا

5. So when the promise of the first of the two came to pass, We raised against you bondmen of Ours of terrible might (in war)⁵, so they ravaged into the homes. It was a promise completely fulfilled⁶.

5. Goliath and his army.
6. At the hands of Assyrians and Babylonians.