Surah Al-Hajj (الحج) • The Pilgrimage

Quran 22:48

22:48

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَىَّ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

waka-ayyin min qaryatin amlaytu lahā wahiya ẓālimatun thumma akhadhtuhā wa-ilayya l-maṣīru

And for how many a city did I prolong enjoyment while it was committing wrong. Then I seized it, and to Me is the [final] destination.

— Saheeh International

To many a town steeped in wrongdoing I gave more time and then struck them down: they all return to Me in the end.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And many a township did I give respite while it was given to wrong-doing. Then (in the end) I seized it (with punishment). And to Me is the (final) return (of all).

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

Juz 17Page 338medinan

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وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how many
مِّنminof
قَرْيَةٍqaryatina township
أَمْلَيْتُamlaytuI gave respite
لَهَاlahāto it
وَهِىَwahiyawhile it
ظَالِمَةٌۭẓālimatun(was) doing wrong
ثُمَّthummaThen
أَخَذْتُهَاakhadhtuhāI seized it
وَإِلَىَّwa-ilayyaand to Me
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the destination