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Al-Ahqaf 25

Ayah 25 of 35 · Meccan

تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيۡءِۭ بِأَمۡرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٥

Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. تُدَمِّرُDestroyingtudammiru
  2. كُلَّeverykulla
  3. شَيۡءِۭthingshayin
  4. بِأَمۡرِby (the) commandbi-amri
  5. رَبِّهَا(of) its Lordrabbihā
  6. فَأَصۡبَحُواْThen they became (such)fa-aṣbaḥū
  7. لَاnotlā
  8. يُرَىٰٓis seenyurā
  9. إِلَّاexceptillā
  10. مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡۚtheir dwellingsmasākinuhum
  11. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  12. نَجۡزِيWe recompensenajzī
  13. ٱلۡقَوۡمَthe peoplel-qawma
  14. ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ[the] criminalsl-muj'rimīna

Tafsir

Destroying everything it passed by which Allah ordered to be destroyed, so they were destroyed, only their houses in which they lived being visible, bearing witness to their inhabiting them before. With this kind of painful punishment, I punish the transgressors who persist in their disbelief and sins.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran