It is He who drove the disbelievers among the followers of the Bible out of their homes (in the Arabian Peninsula) as the first time exiles. You did not think that they would leave their homes and they thought that their fortresses would save them from God. The decree of God came upon them in a way that even they did not expect. He caused such terror to enter their hearts that they started to destroy their own homes by their own hands and by those of the believers. People of vision, learn from this a lesson.
اوست آن كه كسانى از اهل كتاب- جهودان بنى النضير- را كه كفر ورزيدند در نخستين بيرون‌راندن دسته‌جمعى از خانه‌شان بيرون راند. شما گمان نداشتيد كه [به اين آسانى‌] بيرون روند و خود پنداشتند كه باروهاشان بازدارنده آنها از [فرمان‌] خداست، پس [فرمان‌] خداى از آنجا كه گمان نمى‌بردند بديشان آمد- گرفتارشان كرد- و در دلهاشان بيم افكند، خانه‌هاى خويش را به دستهاى خودشان و دستهاى مؤمنان ويران مى‌كردند، پس اى خداوندان بينش، عبرت گيريد.