Quran 27:34 — An-Naml, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
She said, ‘Whenever kings go into a city, they ruin it and humiliate its leaders- that is what they do-
قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
qālat inna l-mulūka idhā dakhalū qaryatan afsadūhā wajaʿalū aʿizzata ahlihā adhillatan wakadhālika yafʿalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- She said, 'Kings, when they enter a city, disorder it and make the mighty ones of its inhabitants abased. Even so they too will do.
- Muhammad Asad
- Said she: “Verily, whenever kings enter a country they corrupt it, and turn the noblest of its people into the most abject. And this is the way they [always] behave?
- Sahih International
- She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَتْqālat | She said | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمُلُوكَl-mulūka | the kings | ملك |
| 4 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 5 | دَخَلُوا۟dakhalū | they enter | دخل |
| 6 | قَرْيَةًqaryatan | a town | قري |
| 7 | أَفْسَدُوهَاafsadūhā | they ruin it | فسد |
| 8 | وَجَعَلُوٓا۟wajaʿalū | and make | جعل |
| 9 | أَعِزَّةَaʿizzata | (the) most honorable | عزز |
| 10 | أَهْلِهَآahlihā | (of) its people | أهل |
| 11 | أَذِلَّةًۭ ۖadhillatan | (the) lowest | ذلل |
| 12 | وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālika | And thus | — |
| 13 | يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna | they do | فعل |