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← Surah 7

7:4

وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

Word by word

وَكَم
And how many
Preposition
مِّن
of
Preposition
قَرْيَةٍ
a city
Noun
Root: قري
أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا
We destroyed it
Verb
Root: هلك
فَجَآءَهَا
and came to it
Verb
Root: جيأ
بَأْسُنَا
Our punishment
Noun
Root: بأس
بَيَٰتًا
(at) night
Noun
Root: بيت
أَوْ
or
Preposition
هُمْ
(while) they
Noun
قَآئِلُونَ
were sleeping at noon
Noun
Root: قيل

Translation

How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Nice kentler helak ettik. Gece yatarlarken, yahut gündüz uyurlarken, azabımız onlara geliverdi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Nice şehirler vardı ki biz onları helak etmiştik. Azabımız onlara gece veya gündüz uyurlarken gelmişti.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while they slept at noon, Our terror came unto them.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain