The Pilgrimage
22. Al-Ḥajj
الحج
al-Ḥajj (The Pilgrimage)
ٱلْحَجّ
22:45
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 were the unjust dwellers of the towns that We destroyed. From their trellises to their lofty mansions, all were toppled and their wells were abandoned.