Surah 21 · verse 11
Al-Anbya 21:11
Sign in to listenوَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
wa kam qasamna min qaryat kanat zalimah wa ansha'na ba'daha qawman akharin
And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَمَا جَعَلْنَاهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا خَالِدِينَ
And We did not make the prophets forms not eating food, nor were they immortal [on earth].
Verse 9ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَاهُمُ الْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَاهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَاءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا الْمُسْرِفِينَ
Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.
Verse 10لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
We have certainly sent down to you a Book in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?
وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ
And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.
فَلَمَّا أَحَسُّوا بَأْسَنَا إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ
And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
Verse 13لَا تَرْكُضُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَاكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ
[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."
Verse 14قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
