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Al-Qasas (The Stories) · Ayah 58

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ فَتِلْكَ مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ۖ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ 58

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.

وَكَمْwakamAnd how many

noun

أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe have destroyed

هلكh-l-kverb

مِنminof

قَرْيَةٍۭqaryatina town

قريq-r-ynoun

بَطِرَتْbaṭiratwhich exulted

بطرb-t-rverb

مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖmaʿīshatahā(in) its means of livelihood

عيش'-y-shnoun

فَتِلْكَfatil'kaAnd these