وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهَا وَإِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ

Word by Word (2021) Translation

And how many of a township I gave respite to it, while it (was) doing wrong. Then I seized it and to Me (is) the destination.

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Muhammad Asad

And to how many a community that was immersed in evildoing have I given rein for a while! But then I took it to task: for with Me is all journeys’ end

Arthur John Arberry

How many a city I have respited in its evildoing; then I seized it, and to Me was the homecoming

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And to how many populations did I give respite, which were given to wrong-doing? in the end I punished them. To me is the destination (of all)

Arabic

وَكَأَیِّن مِّن قَرۡیَةٍ أَمۡلَیۡتُ لَهَا وَهِیَ ظَالِمَةࣱ ثُمَّ أَخَذۡتُهَا وَإِلَیَّ ٱلۡمَصِیرُ ۝٤٨

Transliteration (2021)

waka-ayyin min qaryatin amlaytu lahā wahiya ẓālimatun thumma akhadhtuhā wa-ilayya l-maṣīr

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