سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ
Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 11
وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ ﴿11﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
How many a town (community) given to wrong-doing, have We destroyed, and raised up after them another people!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَمْ
wakam
And how many
قَصَمْنَا
qaṣamnā
We (have) shattered
مِن
min
of
قَرْيَةٍۢ
qaryatin
a town
كَانَتْ
kānat
(that) was
ظَالِمَةًۭ
ẓālimatan
unjust
وَأَنشَأْنَا
wa-anshanā
and We produced
بَعْدَهَا
baʿdahā
after them
قَوْمًا
qawman
another people
ءَاخَرِينَ
ākharīna
another people
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
11. 1. The meaning of قَصَمَ is to utterly destroy and break apart. That is, how many towns We have destroyed, shattered and broken apart, just as it is mentioned at another place: "After the people of Nuh, how many towns We destroyed" (Surah Bani Isra'il).
