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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

Verse 27of 35

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ﴿٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

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].

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
مَاwhat
حَوْلَكُمḥawlakumsurrounds you
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe towns
وَصَرَّفْنَاwaṣarrafnāand We have diversified
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumthat they may
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعاً وَأَبْصَـراً وَأَفْئِدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلاَ أَبْصَـرُهُمْ وَلاَ أَفْئِدَتُهُمْ مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُواْ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ(We also gave them hearing, vision, and hearts.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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