Surah An-Naml, Ayah 52 (27:52)

ٱلنَّمْل

فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لََٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Quran 27:52 is ayah 52 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 381 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:52
فَتِلْكَبُيُوتُهُمْخَاوِيَةًۢبِمَاظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗإِنَّفِىذَٰلِكَلََٔايَةًلِّقَوْمٍيَعْلَمُونَ٥٢
fatil'ka buyūtuhum khāwiyatan bimā ẓalamū inna fī dhālika laāyatan liqawmin yaʿlamūna

So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.(52)

Word by word

  1. فَتِلْكَfatil'kaSo, these
  2. بُيُوتُهُمْbuyūtuhum(are) their houses
  3. خَاوِيَةًۢkhāwiyatanruined
  4. بِمَاbimābecause
  5. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗẓalamūthey wronged
  6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  9. لََٔايَةًlaāyatansurely, is a sign
  10. لِّقَوْمٍliqawminfor a people
  11. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnawho know

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