وَكَمۡ
قَصَمۡنَا
مِن
قَرۡيَةٖ
كَانَتۡ
ظَالِمَةٗ
وَأَنشَأۡنَا
بَعۡدَهَا
قَوۡمًا
ءَاخَرِينَ
١١

˹Imagine˺ how many societies of wrongdoers We have destroyed, raising up other people after them!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:12

فَلَمَّآ

أَحَسُّواْ

بَأۡسَنَآ

إِذَا

هُم

مِّنۡهَا

يَرۡكُضُونَ

١٢

When the wrongdoers sensed ˹the arrival of˺ Our torment, they started to run away from their cities.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:13

لَا

تَرۡكُضُواْ

وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ

إِلَىٰ

مَآ

أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ

فِيهِ

وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ

لَعَلَّكُمۡ

تُسۡـَٔلُونَ

١٣

˹They were told,˺ “Do not run away! Return to your luxuries and your homes, so you may be questioned ˹about your fate˺.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:14

قَالُواْ

يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ

إِنَّا

كُنَّا

ظَٰلِمِينَ

١٤

They cried, “Woe to us! We have surely been wrongdoers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:15

فَمَا

زَالَت

تِّلۡكَ

دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ

حَتَّىٰ

جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ

حَصِيدًا

خَٰمِدِينَ

١٥

They kept repeating their cry until We mowed them down, ˹leaving them˺ lifeless.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:16

وَمَا

خَلَقۡنَا

ٱلسَّمَآءَ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ

وَمَا

بَيۡنَهُمَا

لَٰعِبِينَ

١٦

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything in between for sport.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:17

لَوۡ

أَرَدۡنَآ

أَن

نَّتَّخِذَ

لَهۡوٗا

لَّٱتَّخَذۡنَٰهُ

مِن

لَّدُنَّآ

إِن

كُنَّا

فَٰعِلِينَ

١٧

Had We intended to take ˹some˺ amusement, We could have found it in Our presence, if that had been Our Will.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:18

بَلۡ

نَقۡذِفُ

بِٱلۡحَقِّ

عَلَى

ٱلۡبَٰطِلِ

فَيَدۡمَغُهُۥ

فَإِذَا

هُوَ

زَاهِقٞۚ

وَلَكُمُ

ٱلۡوَيۡلُ

مِمَّا

تَصِفُونَ

١٨

In fact, We hurl the truth against falsehood, leaving it crushed, and it quickly vanishes. And woe be to you for what you claim!¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:19

وَلَهُۥ

مَن

فِي

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ

وَمَنۡ

عِندَهُۥ

لَا

يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ

عَنۡ

عِبَادَتِهِۦ

وَلَا

يَسۡتَحۡسِرُونَ

١٩

To Him belong all those in the heavens and the earth. And those nearest to Him are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they tire.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

21:20

يُسَبِّحُونَ

ٱلَّيۡلَ

وَٱلنَّهَارَ

لَا

يَفۡتُرُونَ

٢٠

They glorify ˹Him˺ day and night, never wavering.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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وَكَمۡقَصَمۡنَامِنقَرۡيَةٖكَانَتۡظَالِمَةٗوَأَنشَأۡنَابَعۡدَهَاقَوۡمًاءَاخَرِينَ١١

وَكَمۡ
قَصَمۡنَا
مِن
قَرۡيَةٖ
كَانَتۡ
ظَالِمَةٗ
وَأَنشَأۡنَا
بَعۡدَهَا
قَوۡمًا
ءَاخَرِينَ
١١