سُوْرَةُ الْاَحْقَافِ
Surah Al-Ahqaf (46) — Ayah 25
تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۭ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿25﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Destroying everything by the Command of its Lord! So they became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings! Thus do We recompense the people who are Mujrimûn (polytheists, disbelievers, sinners)!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
تُدَمِّرُ
tudammiru
Destroying
كُلَّ
kulla
every
شَىْءٍۭ
shayin
thing
بِأَمْرِ
bi-amri
by (the) command
رَبِّهَا
rabbihā
(of) its Lord
فَأَصْبَحُوا۟
fa-aṣbaḥū
Then they became (such)
لَا
lā
not
يُرَىٰٓ
yurā
is seen
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ ۚ
masākinuhum
their dwellings
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
نَجْزِى
najzī
We recompense
ٱلْقَوْمَ
l-qawma
the people
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
l-muj'rimīna
[the] criminals
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.
25. 1 That is, all the inhabitants were destroyed and only the dwellings remained as a sign of warning.
