Then Allah says:

[فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ الاٌّخِرَةِ]

(Then, when the second promise came to pass,) meaning, the second episode of mischief, when your enemies came again,

[لِيَسُوءُواْ وُجُوهَكُمْ]

((We permitted your enemies) to disgrace your faces) meaning, to humiliate you and subdue you,

[وَلِيَدْخُلُواْ الْمَسْجِدَ]

(and to enter the Masjid) meaning, Bayt Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem).

[كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ]

(as they had entered it before,) when they entered the very innermost parts of your homes.

[وَلِيُتَبِّرُواْ]

(and to destroy) wrecking and inflicting ruin upon it.

[مَا عَلَوْاْ]

(all that fell in their hands.) everything they could get their hands on.

[تَتْبِيرًاعَسَى رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ]

(with utter destruction. It may be that your Lord may show mercy unto you) meaning that He may rid you of them.

[وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا]

(but if you return (to sins), We shall return (to Our punishment).) meaning, if you return to causing mischief,

[عُدْنَا]

(We shall return) means, We `will once again punish you in this world, along with the punishment and torment We save for you in the Hereafter.'

[وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَـفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا]

(And We have made Hell a prison [Hasir] for the disbelievers.) meaning, a place of permanent detention, a prison which cannot be avoided or escaped. Ibn `Abbas said, "Hasir here means a jail.'' Mujahid said, "They will be detained in it.'' Others said like- wise. Al-Hasan said, "Hasir means a bed of Fire.'' Qatadah said: "The Children of Israel returned to aggres- sion, so Allah sent this group against them, Muhammad and his companions, who made them pay the Jizyah, with willing submission, and feeling themselves subdued.''

[إِنَّ هَـذَا الْقُرْءَانَ يِهْدِى لِلَّتِى هِىَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّـلِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا - وأَنَّ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ]

(9. Verily, this Qur'an guides to that which is most just and right and gives good news to those who believe, those who do righteous deeds, that they will have a great reward (Paradise).) (10. And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter, for them We have prepared a painful torment (Hell).)