Surah Al-A'raf 7:4 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 4 / 206 · Page 151
وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا فَجَاءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَائِلُونَ
Word by Word
وَكَم
wakam
And how many
مِّن
min
of
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
a city
أَهْلَكْنَاهَا
ahlaknaha
We destroyed it
فَجَاءَهَا
fajaaha
and came to it
بَأْسُنَا
basuna
Our punishment
بَيَاتًا
bayatan
(at) night
أَوْ
aw
or
هُمْ
hum
(while) they
قَائِلُونَ
qailuna
were sleeping at noon
Transliteration
Wa kam min qaryatin ahlaknaahaa fajaaa'ahaa baasunaa bayaatan aw hum qaaa'iloon
Translation
And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
How many cities Allah has destroyed through His punishment because they persisted in their disbelief and error! Allah sent His punishment down on them in their obliviousness at night or during the day: they could not do anything to avoid the punishment, and their false gods could do nothing to protect them from it.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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