← Surah 28

28:58

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ فَتِلْكَ مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Word by word

وَكَمْ
And how many
Preposition
أَهْلَكْنَا
We have destroyed
Verb
Root: هلك
مِن
of
Preposition
قَرْيَةٍۭ
a town
Noun
Root: قري
بَطِرَتْ
which exulted
Verb
Root: بطر
مَعِيشَتَهَا
(in) its means of livelihood
Noun
Root: عيش
فَتِلْكَ
And these
Preposition
مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ
(are) their dwellings
Noun
Root: سكن
لَمْ
not
Preposition
تُسْكَن
have been inhabited
Verb
Root: سكن
مِّنۢ
after them
Preposition
بَعْدِهِمْ
after them
Noun
Root: بعد
إِلَّا
except
Preposition
قَلِيلًا
a little
Noun
Root: قلل
وَكُنَّا
And indeed, [We]
Verb
Root: كون
نَحْنُ
We
Noun
ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ
(are) the inheritors
Noun
Root: ورث

Translation

And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted in their life (of ease and plenty)! now those habitations of theirs, after them, are deserted,- All but a (miserable) few! and We are their heirs!

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Biz, maişetleriyle şımarmış nice memleketi helak etmişizdir. İşte yerleri! Kendilerinden sonra oralarda pek az oturulabilmiştir. Onlara biz varis olmuşuzdur.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Biz refahından şımarmış nice şehri helak etmişizdir. İşte kendilerinden sonra pek azında oturulabilen evleri! Onlara biz mirasçı olmuşuzdur.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And how many a community have We destroyed that was thankless for its means of livelihood! And yonder are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We, even We, were the inheritors.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain