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Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 27 (46:27)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلَْٔايَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Quran 46:27 is ayah 27 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.

46:27
وَلَقَدْأَهْلَكْنَامَاحَوْلَكُممِّنَٱلْقُرَىٰوَصَرَّفْنَاٱلَْٔايَٰتِلَعَلَّهُمْيَرْجِعُونَ٢٧
walaqad ahlaknā mā ḥawlakum mina l-qurā waṣarrafnā l-āyāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].(27)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
  3. مَاmāwhat
  4. حَوْلَكُمḥawlakumsurrounds you
  5. مِّنَminaof
  6. ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe towns
  7. وَصَرَّفْنَاwaṣarrafnāand We have diversified
  8. ٱلَْٔايَٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
  9. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumthat they may
  10. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

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