Surah Al-Hajj 22:45 — translation and meaning

الحج · Verse 45 / 78 · Page 337

فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ

Word by Word

فَكَأَيِّن
faka-ayyin
And how many
مِّن
min
of
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
a township
أَهْلَكْنَاهَا
ahlaknaha
We have destroyed it
وَهِيَ
wahiya
while it
ظَالِمَةٌ
zalimatun
was doing wrong
فَهِيَ
fahiya
so it
خَاوِيَةٌ
khawiyatun
fell
عَلَى
ala
on
عُرُوشِهَا
urushiha
its roofs
وَبِئْرٍ
wabi'rin
and well
مُّعَطَّلَةٍ
mu'attalatin
abandoned
وَقَصْرٍ
waqasrin
and castle
مَّشِيدٍ
mashidin
lofty

Transliteration

Faka ayyim min qaryatin ahlaknaahaa wa hiya zaalimatun fahiya khaawiyatun 'alaa 'urooshihaa wa bi'rim mu'at talatinw wa qasrim masheed

Translation

And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

How many cities, which were unjust because of their disbelief, I destroyed with obliterating punishment. Their homes are ruined and empty of inhabitants. How many wells are there which have nobody to drink from them, due to their being destroyed. How many lofty decorated palaces are there which could not save their residents from the punishment.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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