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Surah An-Naml, ayah 48

وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

An-Naml · 27:48

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  1. وَكَانَwakānaAnd were
  2. فِىfīin
  3. ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
  4. تِسْعَةُtis'ʿatunine
  5. رَهْطٍۢrahṭinfamily heads
  6. يُفْسِدُونَyuf'sidūnathey were spreading corruption
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
  9. وَلَاwalāand not
  10. يُصْلِحُونَyuṣ'liḥūnareforming

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