Surah Muhammad (محمد) • Muhammad

Quran 47:13

47:13

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ هِىَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِّن قَرْيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَخْرَجَتْكَ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

waka-ayyin min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatan min qaryatika allatī akhrajatka ahlaknāhum falā nāṣira lahum

And how many a city was stronger than your city [i.e., Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.

— Saheeh International

We have destroyed many a town stronger than your own [Prophet]- the town which [chose to] expel you- and they had no one to help them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And many a town, stronger than your town (Makkah) (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) which has driven you out We have destroyed. And there was none to help them.

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

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وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyinAnd how many
مِّنminof
قَرْيَةٍqaryatina town
هِىَhiyawhich
أَشَدُّashaddu(was) stronger
قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
مِّنminthan
قَرْيَتِكَqaryatikayour town
ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
أَخْرَجَتْكَakhrajatkahas driven you out
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
فَلَاfalāso no
نَاصِرَnāṣirahelper
لَهُمْlahumfor them