Children of Israel, The Israelites — Verse 16

17:16 · al-Isra`

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Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:16

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِذَآ wa-idhā
And when Noun
أَرَدْنَآ aradnā
We intend V
أَن an
that Prep
نُّهْلِكَ nuh'lika
We destroy V
قَرْيَةً qaryatan
a town Noun
أَمَرْنَا amarnā
We order V
مُتْرَفِيهَا mut'rafīhā
its wealthy people Noun
فَفَسَقُوا۟ fafasaqū
but they defiantly disobey V
فِيهَا fīhā
therein Prep
فَحَقَّ faḥaqqa
so (is) proved true V
عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā
against it Prep
ٱلْقَوْلُ l-qawlu
the word Noun
فَدَمَّرْنَٰهَا fadammarnāhā
and We destroy it V
تَدْمِيرًا tadmīran
(with) destruction Noun

When We decide to destroy a town, We command those corrupted by wealth [to reform], but they [persist in their] disobedience; Our sentence is passed, and We destroy them utterly

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذَاۤ أَرَدۡنَاۤ أَن نُّهۡلِكَ قَرۡیَةً أَمَرۡنَا مُتۡرَفِیهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِیهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَیۡهَا ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فَدَمَّرۡنَـٰهَا تَدۡمِیرࣰا ۝١٦

wa-idhā aradnā an nuh'lika qaryatan amarnā mut'rafīhā fafasaqū fīhā faḥaqqa ʿalayhā l-qawlu fadammarnāhā tadmīra

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