فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அநியாயம் செய்த எத்தனையோ ஊ(ரா)ர்களை நாம் அழித்திருக்கிறோம் - அவற்றின் முகடுகள் மீது அவை விழுந்து கிடக்கின்றன எத்தனையோ கிணறுகள் பாழடைந்து கிடக்கின்றன எத்தனையோ வலுவான மாளிகைகள் (பாழ்பட்டுக் கிடக்கின்றன).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- කොපමණ ගම්මානයන්වී ද? ඒවා අපරාධ කරමින් සිටිය දී අපි විනාශ කළෙමු. ඒවා උඩු වියන් සමඟ ගරා වැටී ඇත. එමෙන් ම කොපමණ හැර දමන ලද ළිං හා පාළු වී ගිය මන්දිර වී ද?
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- بہت سی بستیاں ہیں جنہیں ہم نے تہ وباﻻ کر دیا اس لئے کہ وه ﻇالم تھے پس وه اپنی چھتوں کے بل اوندھی ہوئی پڑی ہیں اور بہت سے آباد کنوئیں بیکار پڑے ہیں اور بہت سے پکے اور بلند محل ویران پڑے ہیں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- われはをかれらが悪を行っている間に，如何に多くの町を滅ぼしたことであろうか。それらは，屋根を下にして倒れ潰れた。また（如何に多くの）井戸や堅固な城が見捨てられたことであろうか。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 有许多城市居民不义，而我毁灭他们，地上屋顶尚存， 并且有若干被遗弃的水井和被建成的大厦。
Tafsir of 22:45
The Consequences for the Disbelievers Here Allah consoles His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the disbelief of those among his people who opposed him. وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ (And if they deny you, so did deny before them the people of Nuh) until His saying, وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَى (and denied was Musa.) means, despite all the clear signs and evidence that they brought. فَأمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَفِرِينَ (But I granted respite to the disbelievers for a while,) means, `I delayed and postponed.' ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ (then I seized them, and how (terrible) was My punishment!) means, `how great was My vengeance against them and My punishment of them!' In the Two Sahihs it is reported from Abu Musa that the Prophet said: «إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه» (Allah lets the wrongdoer carry on until, when He seizes him, He will never let him go.) Then he recited: وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَلِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ (Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
