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Al-Ahqaf 27

Ayah 27 of 35 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٧

And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. أَهۡلَكۡنَاWe destroyedahlaknā
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. حَوۡلَكُمsurrounds youḥawlakum
  5. مِّنَofmina
  6. ٱلۡقُرَىٰthe townsl-qurā
  7. وَصَرَّفۡنَاand We have diversifiedwaṣarrafnā
  8. ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِthe Signsl-āyāti
  9. لَعَلَّهُمۡthat they maylaʿallahum
  10. يَرۡجِعُونَreturnyarjiʿūna

Tafsir

And I destroyed the cities around you, O people of Makkah; I destroyed Ad, Thamud, the people of Lot and the people of Madyan, and I gave them different proof and evidence, in the hope they will return from their disbelief.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran