Al-Qasas 28:58 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

We have destroyed many a community that once revelled in its wanton wealth and easy living: since then their dwelling places have barely been inhabited- We are the only heir.

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ فَتِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَنْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ الْوَارِثِينَ

wakam ahlaknā min qaryatin baṭirat maʿīshatahā fatil'ka masākinuhum lam tus'kan min baʿdihim illā qalīlan wakunnā naḥnu l-wārithīna

A. J. Arberry: How many a city We have destroyed that flourished in insolent ease! Those are their dwelling-places, undwelt in after them, except a little; Ourselves are the inheritors.
Muhammad Asad: And how many a community that [once] exulted in its wanton wealth and ease of life have We destroyed, so that those dwelling-places of theirs – all but a few - have never been dwelt-in after them: for it is indeed We alone who shall remain when all else will have passed away!
Sahih International: And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.

Word-by-word analysis of Al-Qasas verse 58
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	وَكَمْwakam	And how many	—
2	أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknā	We have destroyed	هلك
3	مِنmin	of	—
4	قَرْيَةٍۭqaryatin	a town	قري
5	بَطِرَتْbaṭirat	which exulted	بطر
6	مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖmaʿīshatahā	(in) its means of livelihood	عيش
7	فَتِلْكَfatil'ka	And these	—
8	مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْmasākinuhum	(are) their dwellings	سكن
9	لَمْlam	not	—
10	تُسْكَنtus'kan	have been inhabited	سكن
11	مِّنۢmin	after them	—
12	بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihim	after them	بعد
13	إِلَّاillā	except	—
14	قَلِيلًۭا ۖqalīlan	a little	قلل
15	وَكُنَّاwakunnā	And indeed, [We]	كون
16	نَحْنُnaḥnu	We	—
17	ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīna	(are) the inheritors	ورث

Quran 28:58 — Al-Qasas, verse 58

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