Muhammad (Muhammad)
Verse 13of 38
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةًۭ مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ﴿١٣﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.
Word-by-word meaning
وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how many
مِّنminof
قَرْيَةٍqaryatina town
هِىَhiyawhich
أَشَدُّashaddu(was) stronger
قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
مِّنminthan
قَرْيَتِكَqaryatikayour town
ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
أَخْرَجَتْكَakhrajatkahas driven you out
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
فَلَاfalāso no
نَاصِرَnāṣirahelper
لَهُمْlahumfor them
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Admonition and Fire for the Disbelievers; Paradise for Those Who have TaqwaAllah says,أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُواْ(Have they not traveled) meaning, those who associate partners with Allah and deny His Messenger .
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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