Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:34

27:34

قَالَتْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا۟ قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓا۟ أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَآ أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

qālat inna l-mulūka idhā dakhalū qaryatan afsadūhā wajaʿalū aʿizzata ahlihā adhillatan wakadhālika yafʿalūna

She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.

— Saheeh International

She said, ‘Whenever kings go into a city, they ruin it and humiliate its leaders- that is what they do-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

She said: "Verily kings, when they enter a town (country), they despoil it and make the most honourable amongst its people the lowest. And thus they do.

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

Juz 19Page 379meccan

Word by Word

قَالَتْqālatShe said
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْمُلُوكَl-mulūkathe kings
إِذَاidhāwhen
دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey enter
قَرْيَةًqaryatana town
أَفْسَدُوهَاafsadūhāthey ruin it
وَجَعَلُوٓا۟wajaʿalūand make
أَعِزَّةَaʿizzata(the) most honorable
أَهْلِهَآahlihā(of) its people
أَذِلَّةًۭۖadhillatan(the) lowest
وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūnathey do