Surah An-Naml 27:48 — translation and meaning
النمل · Verse 48 / 93 · Page 381
وَكَانَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
Word by Word
وَكَانَ
wakana
And were
فِي
fi
in
الْمَدِينَةِ
al-madinati
the city
تِسْعَةُ
tis'atu
nine
رَهْطٍ
rahtin
family heads
يُفْسِدُونَ
yuf'siduna
they were spreading corruption
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the land
وَلَا
wala
and not
يُصْلِحُونَ
yus'lihuna
reforming
Transliteration
Wa kaana fil madeenati tis'atu rahtiny yufsidoona fil ardi wa laa yuslihoon
Translation
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And in the city of Hijr there were nine men who would cause corruption on earth through disbelief and sins, and they would not reform in it through faith and good actions.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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