Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 58

Meaning of Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 58

Wakam ahlakna min qaryatin batiratmaAAeeshataha fatilka masakinuhum lam tuskan minbaAAdihim illa qaleelan wakunna nahnu alwaritheen

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1. وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
2. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe have destroyed
3. مِنminof
4. قَرْيَةٍۭqaryatina town
5. بَطِرَتْbaṭiratwhich exulted
6. مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖmaʿīshatahā(in) its means of livelihood
7. فَتِلْكَfatil'kaAnd these
8. مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْmasākinuhum(are) their dwellings
9. لَمْlamnot
10. تُسْكَنtus'kanhave been inhabited
11. مِّنۢminafter them
12. بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
13. إِلَّاillāexcept
14. قَلِيلًۭا ۖqalīlana little
15. وَكُنَّاwakunnāAnd indeed, [We]
16. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
17. ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīna(are) the inheritors