The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:4
وَكَم
مِّن
قَرْيَةٍ
أَهْلَكْنَاهَا
فَجَاءَهَا
بَأْسُنَا
بَيَاتًا
أَوْ
هُمْ
قَائِلُونَ
wa-kam min qaryatin ʾahlaknāhā fa-jāʾahā baʾsunā bayātan ʾaw hum qāʾilūna
How many cities have We destroyed! Our wrath struck their people at night or during their midday siesta.