The Pilgrimage
22. Al-Ḥajj
الحج
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فَكَأَيِّن
مِّن
قَرْيَةٍ
أَهْلَكْنَاهَا
وَهِيَ
ظَالِمَةٌ
فَهِيَ
خَاوِيَةٌ
عَلَى
عُرُوشِهَا
وَبِئْرٍ
مُّعَطَّلَةٍ
وَقَصْرٍ
مَّشِيدٍ
fa-ka-ʾayyin min qaryatin ʾahlaknāhā wa-hiya ẓālimatun fa-hiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wa-biʾrin muʿaṭṭalatin wa-qaṣrin mashīdin
How many towns We have destroyed when they had been wrongdoers! So they lie fallen on their trellises, their wells neglected and their ruined palaces!
— Ali Quli Qarai
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?
