Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:27 — translation and meaning
الأحقاف · Verse 27 / 35 · Page 505
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ الْقُرَى وَصَرَّفْنَا الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Word by Word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlakna
We destroyed
مَا
ma
what
حَوْلَكُم
hawlakum
surrounds you
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْقُرَى
al-qura
the towns
وَصَرَّفْنَا
wasarrafna
and We have diversified
الْآيَاتِ
al-ayati
the Signs
لَعَلَّهُمْ
la'allahum
that they may
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarji'una
return
Transliteration
Wa laqad ahlaknaa ma hawlakum minal quraa wa sarrafnal Aayaati la'allahum yarji'oon
Translation
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].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And I destroyed the cities around you, O people of Makkah; I destroyed Ad, Thamud, the people of Lot and the people of Madyan, and I gave them different proof and evidence, in the hope they will return from their disbelief.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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