Quran 46:27 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have also destroyed other communities that once flourished around you- We had given them various signs so that they might return to the right way-
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
walaqad ahlaknā mā ḥawlakum mina l-qurā waṣarrafnā l-āyāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We destroyed the cities about you, and We turned about the signs, that haply they would return.
- Muhammad Asad
- Thus have We destroyed many a [sinful] community living round about you; and yet, [before destroying them,] We had given many facets to [Our warning] messages, so that they might turn back [from their evil ways].
- Sahih International
- And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknā | We destroyed | هلك |
| 3 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 4 | حَوْلَكُمḥawlakum | surrounds you | حول |
| 5 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 6 | ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā | the towns | قري |
| 7 | وَصَرَّفْنَاwaṣarrafnā | and We have diversified | صرف |
| 8 | ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyāti | the Signs | أيي |
| 9 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | that they may | — |
| 10 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | return | رجع |