Surah An-Naml Ayah 34

An-Naml · Ayah 34 · Juz 19 · Page 379

قَالَتۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُواْ قَرۡيَةً أَفۡسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓاْ أَعِزَّةَ أَهۡلِهَآ أَذِلَّةٗۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٤

Qālat innal-mulūka idhā dakhalū qaryatan afsadūhā wa jaʿalū aʿizzata ahlihā adhillah, wa kadhālika yafʿalūn.

She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.

Translation: Sahih International

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Word by word13 words

  • قَالَتۡShe said
  • إِنَّIndeed
  • ٱلۡمُلُوكَthe kings
  • إِذَاwhen
  • دَخَلُواْthey enter
  • قَرۡيَةًa town
  • أَفۡسَدُوهَاthey ruin it
  • وَجَعَلُوٓاْand make
  • أَعِزَّةَ(the) most honorable
  • أَهۡلِهَآ(of) its people
  • أَذِلَّةٗۚ(the) lowest
  • وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thus
  • يَفۡعَلُونَthey do

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The Ants · Meccan · 93 ayahs

Juz
19
Page
379
Hizb
38