Quran 27:48 — An-Naml, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There were nine men in the city who spread corruption in the land without making amends.
وَكَانَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
wakāna fī l-madīnati tis'ʿatu rahṭin yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now in the city there were nine persons who did corruption in the land, and put not things right;
- Muhammad Asad
- Now there were in the city nine men who were wont to commit deeds of depravity all over the land, and would not reform;
- Sahih International
- And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَانَwakāna | And were | كون |
| 2 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnati | the city | مدن |
| 4 | تِسْعَةُtis'ʿatu | nine | تسع |
| 5 | رَهْطٍۢrahṭin | family heads | رهط |
| 6 | يُفْسِدُونَyuf'sidūna | they were spreading corruption | فسد |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 10 | يُصْلِحُونَyuṣ'liḥūna | reforming | صلح |