Quran 47:13 — Muhammad, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have destroyed many a town stronger than your own [Prophet]- the town which [chose to] expel you- and they had no one to help them.
وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِنْ قَرْيَتِكَ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ
waka-ayyin min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatan min qaryatika allatī akhrajatka ahlaknāhum falā nāṣira lahum
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How many a city that was stronger in might than thy city which has expelled thee have We destroyed! And there was no helper for them.
- Muhammad Asad
- And how many a community of greater power than this thy community which has driven thee out, [O Muhammad,] have We destroyed, with none to succour them!
- Sahih International
- And how many a city was stronger than your city [i.e., Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyin | And how many | — |
| 2 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 3 | قَرْيَةٍqaryatin | a town | قري |
| 4 | هِىَhiya | which | — |
| 5 | أَشَدُّashaddu | (was) stronger | شدد |
| 6 | قُوَّةًۭquwwatan | (in) strength | قوي |
| 7 | مِّنmin | than | — |
| 8 | قَرْيَتِكَqaryatika | your town | قري |
| 9 | ٱلَّتِىٓallatī | which | — |
| 10 | أَخْرَجَتْكَakhrajatka | has driven you out | خرج |
| 11 | أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhum | We destroyed them | هلك |
| 12 | فَلَاfalā | so no | — |
| 13 | نَاصِرَnāṣira | helper | نصر |
| 14 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |