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Surah al-Qasas (The Stories) 28 : 58

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ فَتِلْكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(28:58:1)
(28:58:2)
ahlaknā
We have destroyed
(28:58:3)
(28:58:4)
qaryatin
a town
(28:58:5)
baṭirat
which exulted
(28:58:6)
maʿīshatahā
(in) its means of livelihood
(28:58:7)
(28:58:8)
masākinuhum
(are) their dwellings
(28:58:9)
(28:58:10)
tus'kan
have been inhabited
(28:58:11)
(28:58:12)
baʿdihim
after them
(28:58:13)
illā
except
(28:58:14)
qalīlan
a little
(28:58:15)
wakunnā
And indeed, [We]
(28:58:16)
(28:58:17)
l-wārithīna
(are) the inheritors

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Explanatory Note

If they really want to be spared aggression and loss of their lands, then they should avoid the causes of ruin. To be ungrateful and show no thanks for God’s blessings is the reason that causes people’s ruin. The Quraysh had been given this sanctuary where they lived. They should beware of remaining ungrateful. If they continue so doing, they will leave themselves open to God’s punishment. They, thus, run the risk of being destroyed like the dwellers of those cities which they knew, the dwellings of destroyed communities which remain uninhabited: “The dwellings they left behind were but scarcely inhabited.”

Their houses are still standing, telling of what happened to the people who took God’s blessings for granted, never giving due thanks for them. They perished, leaving no offspring to inherit them. Thus, “it is We who are the only heirs.”

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According to Ibn Abbas (a great companion of the Prophet) the Surah 26: ash-Shu’ara’ (The Poets), Surah 27: an-Naml (The Ants) and Surah 28: al-Qasas (The Story) were sent down one after the other. The language, the style and the theme also show that the period of the revelation of these three Surahs is nearly the same. Another reason for their close resemblance is that the different parts of the story of Prophet Moses are mentioned in these Surahs together to make up a complete story.

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