Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:48

27:48

وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

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

And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And there were in the city nine men (from the sons of their chiefs), who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.

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

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Word by Word

وَكَانَwakānaAnd were
فِىfīin
ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
تِسْعَةُtis'ʿatunine
رَهْطٍۢrahṭinfamily heads
يُفْسِدُونَyuf'sidūnathey were spreading corruption
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
وَلَاwalāand not
يُصْلِحُونَyuṣ'liḥūnareforming