وَكَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطٖ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ٤٨
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَكَانَAnd werewakāna
- فِيinfī
- ٱلۡمَدِينَةِthe cityl-madīnati
- تِسۡعَةُninetis'ʿatu
- رَهۡطٖfamily headsrahṭin
- يُفۡسِدُونَthey were spreading corruptionyuf'sidūna
- فِيinfī
- ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe landl-arḍi
- وَلَاand notwalā
- يُصۡلِحُونَreformingyuṣ'liḥūna
Tafsir
And in the city of Hijr there were nine men who would cause corruption on earth through disbelief and sins, and they would not reform in it through faith and good actions.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran