Surah Al-Anbiya, Ayah 11 (21:11)
وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِنۡ قَرۡيَةٍ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةً وَّاَنۡشَاۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا اٰخَرِيۡنَ ١١
English translation (Pickthall)
How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk!
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اِقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِىۡ غَفۡلَةٍ مُّعۡرِضُوۡنَۚ ١
21:1Their reckoning draweth nigh for mankind, while they turn away in heedlessness.
مَا يَاۡتِيۡهِمۡ مِّنۡ ذِكۡرٍ مِّنۡ رَّبِّہِمۡ مُّحۡدَثٍ اِلَّا اسۡتَمَعُوۡهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُوۡنَۙ ٢
21:2Never cometh there unto them a new reminder from their Lord but they listen to it while they play,
لَاهِيَةً قُلُوۡبُهُمۡؕ وَاَسَرُّوا النَّجۡوَىۖ الَّذِيۡنَ ظَلَمُوۡاۖ هَلۡ هٰذَاۤ اِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثۡلُكُمۡۚ اَفَتَاۡتُوۡنَ السِّحۡرَ وَاَنۡتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُوۡنَ ٣
21:3With hearts preoccupied. And they confer in secret. The wrong-doers say: Is this other than a mortal like you? Will ye then succumb to magic when ye see (it)?
قٰلَ رَبِّىۡ يَعۡلَمُ الۡقَوۡلَ فِى السَّمَآءِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيۡعُ الۡعَلِيۡمُ ٤
21:4He saith: My Lord knoweth what is spoken in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Knower.
بَلۡ قَالُوۡۤا اَضۡغَاثُ اَحۡلَامٍۢ بَلِ افۡتَـرٰٮهُ بَلۡ هُوَ شَاعِرٌۖۚ فَلۡيَاۡتِنَا بِاٰيَةٍ كَمَاۤ اُرۡسِلَ الۡاَوَّلُوۡنَ ٥
21:5Nay, say they, (these are but) muddled dreams; nay, he hath but invented it; nay, he is but a poet. Let him bring us a portent even as those of old (who were God's messengers) were sent (with portents).
مَاۤ اٰمَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ مِّنۡ قَرۡيَةٍ اَهۡلَـكۡنٰهَاۚ اَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ ٦
21:6Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them (though We sent them portents): would they then believe?
وَمَاۤ اَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ اِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوۡحِىۡۤ اِلَيۡهِمۡ فَسۡـــَٔلُوۡۤا اَهۡلَ الذِّكۡرِ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ٧
21:7And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men, whom We inspired. Ask the followers of the Reminder if ye know not?
وَمَا جَعَلۡنٰهُمۡ جَسَدًا لَّا يَاۡكُلُوۡنَ الطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوۡا خٰلِدِيۡنَ ٨
21:8We gave them not bodies that would not eat food, nor were they immortals.
ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنٰهُمُ الۡوَعۡدَ فَاَنۡجَيۡنٰهُمۡ وَمَنۡ نَّشَآءُ وَاَهۡلَكۡنَا الۡمُسۡرِفِيۡنَ ٩
21:9Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.
لَقَدۡ اَنۡزَلۡنَاۤ اِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتٰبًا فِيۡهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡؕ اَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُوۡنَ ١٠
21:10Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder. Have ye then no sense?
وَكَمۡ قَصَمۡنَا مِنۡ قَرۡيَةٍ كَانَتۡ ظَالِمَةً وَّاَنۡشَاۡنَا بَعۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا اٰخَرِيۡنَ ١١
21:11How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered, and raised up after them another folk!
