The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
Page #151
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 a town We have destroyed! Our punishment came to it at night, or while they were taking a midday nap.
— Ali Quli Qarai
How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.
