Surah An-Naml — Verse 52

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فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Fatilka buyootuhum khawiyatan bimathalamoo inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yaAAlamoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

As a result of their evil deeds, their homes are desolate ruins- there truly is a sign in this for those who know-

Marmaduke Pickthall

See, yonder are their dwellings empty and in ruins because they did wrong. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a people who have knowledge.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Now such were their houses, - in utter ruin, - because they practised wrong-doing. Verily in this is a Sign for people of knowledge.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Now those are their houses, lying empty because of their transgression. Surely, in this there are signs for a people who have knowledge.

Al-Hilali & Khan

These are their houses in utter ruin, for they did wrong. Verily, in this is indeed an Ayâh (a lesson or a sign) for people who know.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Now behold their houses that lie in utter ruins because of their wrong-doing. Verily there is a Sign in this for the people who know.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and [now] those dwellings of theirs are empty, [ruined] as an outcome of their evil deeds. In this, behold, there is a message indeed for people of [innate] knowledge –