Al-Anbiyaa 21:11 وكم قصمنا من قرية كانت ظالمة وانشانا بعدها قوما اخرين ١١
وَكَمۡ
قَصَمۡنَا
مِن
قَرۡيَةٖ
كَانَتۡ
ظَالِمَةٗ
وَأَنشَأۡنَا
بَعۡدَهَا
قَوۡمًا
ءَاخَرِينَ
١١
˹Imagine˺ how many societies of wrongdoers We have destroyed, raising up other people after them!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And how many a city which was unjust1 have We shattered and produced after it another people.
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Virtue of the Qur'an Here
Allah points out the noble status of the Qur'an and urges them to recognize its worth:
لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَباً فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ
(Indeed, We have sent down for you a Book in which there is Dhikrukum). Ibn `Abbas said: "Honor for you."
أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ
(Will yo
…The Virtue of the Qur'an Here
Allah points out the noble status of the Qur'an and urges them to recognize its worth:
لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَبا
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