The Wind-Curved Sandhills
46. Al-'Aḥqāf
الأحقاف
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وَلَقَدْ
أَهْلَكْنَا
مَا
حَوْلَكُم
مِّنَ
الْقُرَى
وَصَرَّفْنَا
الْآيَاتِ
لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَرْجِعُونَ
wa-la-qad ʾahlaknā mā ḥawlakum mina l-qurā wa-ṣarrafnā l-ʾāyāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us).
— Abdullah Yusufali
Certainly We have destroyed the towns that were around you, and We have variously paraphrased the signs so that they may come back.
