Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)
Verse 11of 112
وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۢ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةًۭ وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ﴿١١﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.
Word-by-word meaning
وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
قَصَمْنَاqaṣamnāWe (have) shattered
مِنminof
قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina town
كَانَتْkānat(that) was
ظَالِمَةًۭẓālimatanunjust
وَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand We produced
بَعْدَهَاbaʿdahāafter them
قَوْمًاqawmananother people
ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaanother people
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Virtue of the Qur'an HereAllah points out the noble status of the Qur'an and urges them to recognize its worth:لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـباً فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ(Indeed, We have sent down for you a Book in which there is Dhikrukum). Ibn `Abbas said: "Honor for you.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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