Surah An-Naml, ayah 34
قَالَتْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا۟ قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓا۟ أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَآ أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.
An-Naml · 27:34
Word by word
- قَالَتْqālatShe said
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱلْمُلُوكَl-mulūkathe kings
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey enter
- قَرْيَةًqaryatana town
- أَفْسَدُوهَاafsadūhāthey ruin it
- وَجَعَلُوٓا۟wajaʿalūand make
- أَعِزَّةَaʿizzata(the) most honorable
- أَهْلِهَآahlihā(of) its people
- أَذِلَّةًۭ ۖadhillatan(the) lowest
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey do
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