سورة النمل، الآية ٤٨Surah An-Naml, ayah 48 (27:48)
وَكَانَ فِى ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطٍ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ٤٨
The meaning in English
And there were in the city nine men (from the sons of their chiefs), who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan, King Fahd Complex
التفسير الميسر
وكان في مدينة صالح -وهي "الحِجْر" الواقعة في شمال غرب جزيرة العرب- تسعة رجال، شأنهم الإفساد في الأرض، الذي لا يخالطه شيء من الصلاح
التفسير الميسر، مجمع الملك فهد لطباعة المصحف الشريف
Word by word
| # | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | wakāna | And were |
| 2 | fī | in |
| 3 | l-madīnati | the city |
| 4 | tis'ʿatu | nine |
| 5 | rahṭin | family heads |
| 6 | yuf'sidūna | they were spreading corruption |
| 7 | fī | in |
| 8 | l-arḍi | the land |
| 9 | walā | and not |
| 10 | yuṣ'liḥūna | reforming |