Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 11 (21:11)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Quran 21:11 is ayah 11 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 323 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:11
وَكَمْقَصَمْنَامِنقَرْيَةٍكَانَتْظَالِمَةًوَأَنشَأْنَابَعْدَهَاقَوْمًاءَاخَرِينَ١١
wakam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimatan wa-anshanā baʿdahā qawman ākharīna

And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.(11)

Word by word

  1. وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
  2. قَصَمْنَاqaṣamnāWe (have) shattered
  3. مِنminof
  4. قَرْيَةٍqaryatina town
  5. كَانَتْkānat(that) was
  6. ظَالِمَةًẓālimatanunjust
  7. وَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand We produced
  8. بَعْدَهَاbaʿdahāafter them
  9. قَوْمًاqawmananother people
  10. ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaanother people

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