The Wind-curved Sandhills, The Dunes, The Sandhills 46:27

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Arabic English Morphology
And certainly Prep
We destroyed V
مَا
what Noun
حَوْلَكُم ḥawlakum
surrounds you Noun
مِّنَ mina
of Prep
the towns Noun
وَصَرَّفْنَا waṣarrafnā
and We have diversified V
the Signs Noun
that they may Prep
return V

We have also destroyed other communities that once flourished around you- We had given them various signs so that they might return to the right way

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَرۡجِعُونَ ۝٢٧

walaqad ahlaknā mā ḥawlakum mina l-qurā waṣarrafnā l-āyāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūn