Deep study · دِرَاسَة
27:34
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Deep study · دِرَاسَة
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Verse · Āyah
27:34
قَالَتْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا۟ قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓا۟ أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَآ أَذِلَّةًۭ ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ ٣٤
She said: Lo! kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the honour of its people shame. Thus will 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.
The Queen said: "When the kings enter a country they cause corruption in it and abase those of its people who are held in honour. This is what they are wont to do.
About this surah
Makki · order 48
Summary
The Surah takes its name from the phrase wad-in-naml which occurs in verse 18, implying that it is a Surah in which the story of An-Naml (the Ant) has been related.
Quranic Universal Library (QUL) — Surah info (English)
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