Surah Al-Hajj, ayah 45
فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ
And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.
Al-Hajj · 22:45
Word by word
- فَكَأَيِّنfaka-ayyinAnd how many
- مِّنminof
- قَرْيَةٍqaryatina township
- أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَاahlaknāhāWe have destroyed it
- وَهِىَwahiyawhile it
- ظَالِمَةٌۭẓālimatunwas doing wrong
- فَهِىَfahiyaso it
- خَاوِيَةٌkhāwiyatunfell
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- عُرُوشِهَاʿurūshihāits roofs
- وَبِئْرٍۢwabi'rinand well
- مُّعَطَّلَةٍۢmuʿaṭṭalatinabandoned
- وَقَصْرٍۢwaqaṣrinand castle
- مَّشِيدٍmashīdinlofty
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