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

Quran 46:27

46:27

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

walaqad ahlaknā mā ḥawlakum mina l-qurā waṣarrafnā l-āyāti laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].

— Saheeh International

We have also destroyed other communities that once flourished around you- We had given them various signs so that they might return to the right way-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We have destroyed towns (populations) round about you, and We have (repeatedly) shown (them) the Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) in various ways that they might return (to the truth and believe in the Oneness of Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism).

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

Juz 26Page 505meccan

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
مَاmāwhat
حَوْلَكُمḥawlakumsurrounds you
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe towns
وَصَرَّفْنَاwaṣarrafnāand We have diversified
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumthat they may
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn