Sura 27 An-Naml (The Ant), ayah 34
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قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
Translation by words
- قَالَتْ
- She said,
- إِنَّ
- "Indeed,
- ٱلْمُلُوكَ
- the kings,
- إِذَا
- when
- دَخَلُوا۟
- they enter
- قَرْيَةً
- a town
- أَفْسَدُوهَا
- they ruin it
- وَجَعَلُوٓا۟
- and make
- أَعِزَّةَ
- (the) most honorable
- أَهْلِهَآ
- (of) its people
- أَذِلَّةً
- (the) lowest.
- وَكَذَٰلِكَ
- And thus
- يَفْعَلُونَ
- they do.
She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.
27:34
Translation: Saheeh International