الأنبياء
Al-Anbya
Surah 21
Verse 12
الأنبياء
The Prophets • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
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English - Topics
21:12
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
And how many a township that acted wrongfully have We utterly destroyed, and raised up after it another people!
English - Five Volume Translation
[a]And how many a township that acted wrongfully have We utterly destroyed, and raised up after it another people![2353]
7:5; 22:46; 28:59; 50:37; 65:9.
Important Words:
قصمنا (We utterly destroyed) is derived from قصم. They say قصم الشیء i.e. he broke the thing into pieces; he broke it completely, utterly.قصم الرجل means, he destroyed the man. قصم اللّٰه ظھر الظالم means, God afflicted the transgressor with calamity and broke his back (Aqrab).
قریة meaning a township signifies its inhabitants. See also 12:83.
Commentary:
ظلم meaning the improper use of God-given powers and faculties, the verse implies that all transgressions and sins flow from their misuse.
English - Short Commentary Translation
[b]And how many a township that acted wrongfully have We utterly destroyed, and raised up after it another people.
7:5; 22:46; 28:59; 50:37; 65:9.
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