وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٖ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةٗ وَأَنشَأۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ١١
And how many a city which was unjust1 have We shattered and produced after it another people.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., its inhabitants persisting in wrongdoing.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَكَمۡAnd how manywakam
- قَصَمۡنَاWe (have) shatteredqaṣamnā
- مِنofmin
- قَرۡيَةٖa townqaryatin
- كَانَتۡ(that) waskānat
- ظَالِمَةٗunjustẓālimatan
- وَأَنشَأۡنَاand We producedwa-anshanā
- بَعۡدَهَاafter thembaʿdahā
- قَوۡمًاanother peopleqawman
- ءَاخَرِينَanother peopleākharīna
Tafsir
There are many towns which I destroyed due to their injustice through disbelief, and I created other people after them.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran