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Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 25 (46:25)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى …

Quran 46:25 is ayah 25 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 505 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:25
تُدَمِّرُكُلَّشَىْءٍۭبِأَمْرِرَبِّهَافَأَصْبَحُوا۟لَايُرَىٰٓإِلَّامَسَٰكِنُهُمْ ۚكَذَٰلِكَنَجْزِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ٢٥
tudammiru kulla shayin bi-amri rabbihā fa-aṣbaḥū lā yurā illā masākinuhum kadhālika najzī l-qawma l-muj'rimīna

Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.(25)

Word by word

  1. تُدَمِّرُtudammiruDestroying
  2. كُلَّkullaevery
  3. شَىْءٍۭshayinthing
  4. بِأَمْرِbi-amriby (the) command
  5. رَبِّهَاrabbihā(of) its Lord
  6. فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūThen they became (such)
  7. لَاlānot
  8. يُرَىٰٓyurāis seen
  9. إِلَّاillāexcept
  10. مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ ۚmasākinuhumtheir dwellings
  11. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  12. نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
  13. ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
  14. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna[the] criminals

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