Surah An-Naml, Ayah 51 (27:51)

ٱلنَّمْل

فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Quran 27:51 is ayah 51 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 381 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:51
فَٱنظُرْكَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُمَكْرِهِمْأَنَّادَمَّرْنَٰهُمْوَقَوْمَهُمْأَجْمَعِينَ٥١
fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu makrihim annā dammarnāhum waqawmahum ajmaʿīna

Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.(51)

Word by word

  1. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurThen see
  2. كَيْفَkayfahow
  3. كَانَkānawas
  4. عَٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
  5. مَكْرِهِمْmakrihim(of) their plot
  6. أَنَّاannāthat We
  7. دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْdammarnāhumdestroyed them
  8. وَقَوْمَهُمْwaqawmahumand their people
  9. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall

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