Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) • The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Quran 46:25

46:25

تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

tudammiru kulla shayin bi-amri rabbihā fa-aṣbaḥū lā yurā illā masākinuhum kadhālika najzī l-qawma l-muj'rimīna

Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

— Saheeh International

which will destroy everything by its Lord’s command.’ In the morning there was nothing to see except their [ruined] dwellings: this is how We repay the guilty.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Destroying everything by the Command of its Lord! So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings! Thus do We recompense the people who are Mujrimûn (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners)!

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

Juz 26Page 505meccan

Word by Word

تُدَمِّرُtudammiruDestroying
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍۭshayinthing
بِأَمْرِbi-amriby (the) command
رَبِّهَاrabbihā(of) its Lord
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟fa-aṣbaḥūThen they became (such)
لَاlānot
يُرَىٰٓyurāis seen
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْۚmasākinuhumtheir dwellings
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna[the] criminals