Quran 21:11 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How many communities of evildoers We have destroyed! How many others We have raised up in their places!
وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنْشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
wakam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimatan wa-anshanā baʿdahā qawman ākharīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How many a city that was evildoing We have shattered, and set up after it another people!
- Muhammad Asad
- For, how many a community that persisted in evildoing have We dashed into fragments, and raised another people in its stead!
- Sahih International
- And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَمْwakam | And how many | — |
| 2 | قَصَمْنَاqaṣamnā | We (have) shattered | قصم |
| 3 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 4 | قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatin | a town | قري |
| 5 | كَانَتْkānat | (that) was | كون |
| 6 | ظَالِمَةًۭẓālimatan | unjust | ظلم |
| 7 | وَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanā | and We produced | نشأ |
| 8 | بَعْدَهَاbaʿdahā | after them | بعد |
| 9 | قَوْمًاqawman | another people | قوم |
| 10 | ءَاخَرِينَākharīna | another people | أخر |