The Ant, The Ants 27:48

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Arabic English Morphology
وَكَانَ wakāna
And were V
فِى
in Prep
the city Noun
تِسْعَةُ tis'ʿatu
nine Noun
رَهْطٍ rahṭin
family heads Noun
they were spreading corruption V
فِى
in Prep
the land Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
يُصْلِحُونَ yuṣ'liḥūna
reforming V

There were nine men in the city who spread corruption in the land without making amends

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَكَانَ فِی ٱلۡمَدِینَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطࣲ یُفۡسِدُونَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا یُصۡلِحُونَ ۝٤٨

wakāna fī l-madīnati tis'ʿatu rahṭin yuf'sidūna fī l-arḍi walā yuṣ'liḥūn