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Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 45 (22:45)

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فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ …

Quran 22:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 337 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:45
فَكَأَيِّنمِّنقَرْيَةٍأَهْلَكْنَٰهَاوَهِىَظَالِمَةٌفَهِىَخَاوِيَةٌعَلَىٰعُرُوشِهَاوَبِئْرٍمُّعَطَّلَةٍوَقَصْرٍمَّشِيدٍ٤٥
faka-ayyin min qaryatin ahlaknāhā wahiya ẓālimatun fahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wabi'rin muʿaṭṭalatin waqaṣrin mashīdin

And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.(45)

Word by word

  1. فَكَأَيِّنfaka-ayyinAnd how many
  2. مِّنminof
  3. قَرْيَةٍqaryatina township
  4. أَهْلَكْنَٰهَاahlaknāhāWe have destroyed it
  5. وَهِىَwahiyawhile it
  6. ظَالِمَةٌẓālimatunwas doing wrong
  7. فَهِىَfahiyaso it
  8. خَاوِيَةٌkhāwiyatunfell
  9. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  10. عُرُوشِهَاʿurūshihāits roofs
  11. وَبِئْرٍwabi'rinand well
  12. مُّعَطَّلَةٍmuʿaṭṭalatinabandoned
  13. وَقَصْرٍwaqaṣrinand castle
  14. مَّشِيدٍmashīdinlofty

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