Quran 46:25 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 25
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
which will destroy everything by its Lord’s command.’ In the morning there was nothing to see except their [ruined] dwellings: this is how We repay the guilty.
تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا لَا يُرَىٰ إِلَّا مَسَاكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
tudammiru kulla shayin bi-amri rabbihā fa-aṣbaḥū lā yurā illā masākinuhum kadhālika najzī l-qawma l-muj'rimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- destroying everything by the commandment of its Lord.' So in the morning there was naught to be seen but their dwelling-places. Even so do We recompense the people of the sinners.
- Muhammad Asad
- bound to destroy everything at its Sustainer’s behest!” And then they were so utterly wiped out that nothing could be seen save their [empty] dwellings: thus do We requite people lost in sin.
- Sahih International
- Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | تُدَمِّرُtudammiru | Destroying | دمر |
| 2 | كُلَّkulla | every | كلل |
| 3 | شَىْءٍۭshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 4 | بِأَمْرِbi-amri | by (the) command | أمر |
| 5 | رَبِّهَاrabbihā | (of) its Lord | ربب |
| 6 | فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥū | Then they became (such) | صبح |
| 7 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 8 | يُرَىٰٓyurā | is seen | رأي |
| 9 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 10 | مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚmasākinuhum | their dwellings | سكن |
| 11 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 12 | نَجْزِىnajzī | We recompense | جزي |
| 13 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 14 | ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna | [the] criminals | جرم |