سُوْرَةُ النَّمْلِ
Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 48
وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ﴿48﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And there were in the city nine men (from the sons of their chiefs), who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَانَ
wakāna
And were
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ
l-madīnati
the city
تِسْعَةُ
tis'ʿatu
nine
رَهْطٍۢ
rahṭin
family heads
يُفْسِدُونَ
yuf'sidūna
they were spreading corruption
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the land
وَلَا
walā
and not
يُصْلِحُونَ
yuṣ'liḥūna
reforming
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.
The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.
