So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.
Tafseer
{ فإذا جاء وعد أولاهما } أولى مَرَّتي الفساد { بعثنا عليكم عبادا لنا أولي بأس شديد } أصحاب قوة في الحرب والبطش { فجاسوا } ترددوا لطلبكم { خلال الديار } وسط دياركم ليقتلوكم ويسبوكم { وكان وعدا مفعولاً } وقد أفسدوا الأولى بقتل زكريا فبعث عليهم جالوت وجنوده فقتلوهم وسبوا أولادهم وضربوا بين المقدس .
{So when the first of the two promises came to pass} the first of the two times of corruption {We sent against you servants of Ours, possessors of great might} possessors of strength in war and violence {and they raided} they went around seeking you {throughout the dwellings} among your dwellings to kill you and take you captive {and it was a promise fulfilled} and they corrupted the first by killing Zachariah, so He sent against them Goliath and his soldiers, and they killed them and took their children captive and struck among the sanctuaries.
