Surah Muhammad, Ayah 13 (47:13)

مُحَمَّد

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ فَلَا …

Quran 47:13 is ayah 13 of Surah Muhammad (“Muhammad”), a Medinan surah of 38 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 508 of the Madani Mushaf.

47:13
وَكَأَيِّنمِّنقَرْيَةٍهِىَأَشَدُّقُوَّةًمِّنقَرْيَتِكَٱلَّتِىٓأَخْرَجَتْكَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْفَلَانَاصِرَلَهُمْ١٣
waka-ayyin min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatan min qaryatika allatī akhrajatka ahlaknāhum falā nāṣira lahum

And how many a city was stronger than your city [i.e., Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.(13)

Word by word

  1. وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how many
  2. مِّنminof
  3. قَرْيَةٍqaryatina town
  4. هِىَhiyawhich
  5. أَشَدُّashaddu(was) stronger
  6. قُوَّةًquwwatan(in) strength
  7. مِّنminthan
  8. قَرْيَتِكَqaryatikayour town
  9. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
  10. أَخْرَجَتْكَakhrajatkahas driven you out
  11. أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
  12. فَلَاfalāso no
  13. نَاصِرَnāṣirahelper
  14. لَهُمْlahumfor them

Tafsir (commentary) of 47:13

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