Quran 22:45 — Al-Hajj, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How many towns steeped in wrongdoing We have destroyed and left in total ruin; how many deserted wells; how many lofty palaces!
فَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَشِيدٍ
faka-ayyin min qaryatin ahlaknāhā wahiya ẓālimatun fahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wabi'rin muʿaṭṭalatin waqaṣrin mashīdin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How many a city We have destroyed in its evildoing, and now it is fallen down upon its turrets! How many a ruined well, a tall palace!
- Muhammad Asad
- And how many a township have We destroyed because it had been immersed in evildoing - and now they [all] lie deserted, with their roofs caved in! And how many a well lies abandoned, and how many a castle that [once] stood high!
- Sahih International
- And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَكَأَيِّنfaka-ayyin | And how many | — |
| 2 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 3 | قَرْيَةٍqaryatin | a township | قري |
| 4 | أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَاahlaknāhā | We have destroyed it | هلك |
| 5 | وَهِىَwahiya | while it | — |
| 6 | ظَالِمَةٌۭẓālimatun | was doing wrong | ظلم |
| 7 | فَهِىَfahiya | so it | — |
| 8 | خَاوِيَةٌkhāwiyatun | fell | خوي |
| 9 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 10 | عُرُوشِهَاʿurūshihā | its roofs | عرش |
| 11 | وَبِئْرٍۢwabi'rin | and well | بأر |
| 12 | مُّعَطَّلَةٍۢmuʿaṭṭalatin | abandoned | عطل |
| 13 | وَقَصْرٍۢwaqaṣrin | and castle | قصر |
| 14 | مَّشِيدٍmashīdin | lofty | شيد |