Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:11

21:11

وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

wakam qaṣamnā min qaryatin kānat ẓālimatan wa-anshanā baʿdahā qawman ākharīna

And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

— Saheeh International

How many communities of evildoers We have destroyed! How many others We have raised up in their places!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

How many a town (community) given to wrong-doing, have We destroyed, and raised up after them another people!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 17Page 323meccan

Word by Word

وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
قَصَمْنَاqaṣamnāWe (have) shattered
مِنminof
قَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina town
كَانَتْkānat(that) was
ظَالِمَةًۭẓālimatanunjust
وَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand We produced
بَعْدَهَاbaʿdahāafter them
قَوْمًاqawmananother people
ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaanother people