Quran 11:100 — Hud, verse 100
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We relate to you [Muhammad] such accounts of earlier towns: some of them are still standing; some have been mown down;
ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُ عَلَيْكَ ۖ مِنْهَا قَائِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ
dhālika min anbāi l-qurā naquṣṣuhu ʿalayka min'hā qāimun waḥaṣīdun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That is of the tidings of the cities We relate to thee; some of them are standing and some stubble.
- Muhammad Asad
- THIS ACCOUNT of the [fate of those ancient] communities - some of them still remaining, and some [extinct like] a field mown-down - We convey unto thee [as a lesson for mankind]:
- Sahih International
- That is from the news of the cities, which We relate to you; of them, some are [still] standing and some are [as] a harvest [mowed down].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | مِنْmin | (is) from | — |
| 3 | أَنۢبَآءِanbāi | (the) news | نبأ |
| 4 | ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā | (of) the cities | قري |
| 5 | نَقُصُّهُۥnaquṣṣuhu | (which) We relate | قصص |
| 6 | عَلَيْكَ ۖʿalayka | to you | — |
| 7 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | of them | — |
| 8 | قَآئِمٌۭqāimun | some are standing | قوم |
| 9 | وَحَصِيدٌۭwaḥaṣīdun | and (some) mown | حصد |