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Surah An-Naml, Verse 52

سورة النمل، الآية ٥٢

27:52 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 381 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:52

فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٥٢

Transliteration

fatil'ka buyūtuhum khāwiyatan bimā ẓalamū inna fī dhālika laāyatan liqawmin yaʿlamūna

Translation

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

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Verse 52 of Surah An-Naml (27:52), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 381 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 52

Al-Mukhtasar

So those are their homes whose walls have fallen on their roofs, and they have remained empty of inhabitants, due to their wrongdoing. In the punishment which has afflicted them due to their wrongdoing is a lesson for people who believe, as they are the ones who take lessons from the signs.

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Other translations of verse 52

Now their houses are utterly ruined because of their wrongdoing. Indeed, there are signs in this for people of knowledge.

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.

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.

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

So those are their houses fallen down because they were unjust, most surely there is a sign in this for a people who know.

So those are their houses, devastated because they did injustice; surely in that is a sign for a people who know (the Truth).

Verse 52 word by word

  1. فَتِلْكَ fatil'ka So, these
  2. بُيُوتُهُمْ buyūtuhum (are) their houses ب ي ت
  3. خَاوِيَةًۢ khāwiyatan ruined خ و ي
  4. بِمَا bimā because
  5. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ẓalamū they wronged ظ ل م
  6. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  7. فِى fī in
  8. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  9. لَـَٔايَةً laāyatan surely, is a sign أ ي ي
  10. لِّقَوْمٍ liqawmin for a people ق و م
  11. يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna who know ع ل م

Verses related to verse 52

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Hud 11:65

    فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ

    But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied [i.e., unfailing]."

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Hijr 15:77

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

  • An-Nahl 16:11

    يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرْعَ وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and of all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

  • An-Nahl 16:13

    وَمَا ذَرَأَ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَٰنُهُۥٓ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

    And [He has subjected] whatever He multiplied for you on the earth of varying colors. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who remember.

  • An-Nahl 16:65

    وَٱللَّهُ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَآ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

    And Allāh has sent down rain from the sky and given life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who listen.

  • An-Nahl 16:67

    وَمِن ثَمَرَٰتِ ٱلنَّخِيلِ وَٱلْأَعْنَٰبِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ سَكَرًا وَرِزْقًا حَسَنًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

    And from the fruits of the palm trees and grapevines you take intoxicant and good provision. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who reason.

  • An-Nahl 16:69

    ثُمَّ كُلِى مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ فَٱسْلُكِى سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا يَخْرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَٰنُهُۥ فِيهِ شِفَآءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

    Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.

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