فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ عِبَادٗا لَّنَآ أُوْلِي بَأۡسٖ شَدِيدٖ فَجَاسُواْ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِۚ وَكَانَ وَعۡدٗا مَّفۡعُولٗا ٥
Fa idhā jā'a wa'du ūlāhumā ba'athnā 'alaykum 'ibādal lanā ulī ba sin shadīdin fajāsū khilālad-diyāri wakāna wa'dam maf'ūlā
So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them,728 We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes,729 and it was a promise fulfilled.
Footnotes
728 i.e., the promised punishment for the first of their two transgressions.
729 Violating their sanctity, to kill and plunder.