Surah An-Naml, Ayah 34 (27:34)

ٱلنَّمْل

قَالَتْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا۟ قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓا۟ أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَآ أَذِلَّةً …

Quran 27:34 is ayah 34 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 379 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:34
قَالَتْإِنَّٱلْمُلُوكَإِذَادَخَلُوا۟قَرْيَةًأَفْسَدُوهَاوَجَعَلُوٓا۟أَعِزَّةَأَهْلِهَآأَذِلَّةً ۖوَكَذَٰلِكَيَفْعَلُونَ٣٤
qālat inna l-mulūka idhā dakhalū qaryatan afsadūhā wajaʿalū aʿizzata ahlihā adhillatan wakadhālika yafʿalūna

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.(34)

Word by word

  1. قَالَتْqālatShe said
  2. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  3. ٱلْمُلُوكَl-mulūkathe kings
  4. إِذَاidhāwhen
  5. دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey enter
  6. قَرْيَةًqaryatana town
  7. أَفْسَدُوهَاafsadūhāthey ruin it
  8. وَجَعَلُوٓا۟wajaʿalūand make
  9. أَعِزَّةَaʿizzata(the) most honorable
  10. أَهْلِهَآahlihā(of) its people
  11. أَذِلَّةً ۖadhillatan(the) lowest
  12. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
  13. يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey do

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