Surah Al-Ahqaf, ayah 25
تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
Al-Ahqaf · 46:25
Word by word
- تُدَمِّرُtudammiruDestroying
- كُلَّkullaevery
- شَىْءٍۭshayinthing
- بِأَمْرِbi-amriby (the) command
- رَبِّهَاrabbihā(of) its Lord
- فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūThen they became (such)
- لَاlānot
- يُرَىٰٓyurāis seen
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚmasākinuhumtheir dwellings
- كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
- نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
- ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
- ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna[the] criminals
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