Surah 22. Al-Hajj, Ayah 45
| فَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَشِيدٍ |
| Transliteration | : | fa- ka-'ayyin min qaryah ahlaknaa -haa wa- hiya z.aalimah fa- hiya khaawiyah calaa curosh -haa wa- bi'r mucat.t.alah wa- qas.r mashed |
| Pickthall | : | How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful, so that it lieth (to this day) in, and (how many) a deserted well and lofty tower! |
| Asad | : | And how many a township have We destroyed because it had been immersed in evildoing- and now they [all] lie deserted, with their roofs caved in! And how many a well lies abandoned, and how many a castle that [once] stood high! |
| Malik | : | How many townships, teaming with wrong doings, have We utterly destroyed! Today they lie with their roofs fallen in, their wells abandoned, and their lofty castles deserted. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | How many populations have We destroyed which were given to wrong-doing! They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are lying idle and neglected and castles lofty and well-built! 2823 2824 |
Note - 2823The roofs fell in first, and the whole structure, walls
and all, came tumbling after, as happens in ruins. The
place was turned upside down.
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Note - 2824In a dry country like Arabia, a well stands as a symbol
for a living, flourishing population, and many
place-names mean "the well of so-and-so" e.g., Bir 'Ali,
a village just south of Madinah the quality of whose
drinking water is famous, or Abyar Ibn Hassan, a noted
stopping place on the road from Makkah to Madinah about
92 miles from Madinah.
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The roofs fell in first, and the whole structure, walls and all, came tumbling after, as happens in ruins. The place was turned upside down. |
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In a dry country like Arabia, a well stands as a symbol for a living, flourishing population, and many place-names mean "the well of so-and-so" e.g., Bir 'Ali, a village just south of Madinah the quality of whose drinking water is famous, or Abyar Ibn Hassan, a noted stopping place on the road from Makkah to Madinah about 92 miles from Madinah. |
