Surah Al Ahqaf Ayat 27
The Dunes · English translation · Edition God
We have destroyed many townships around you, and diversified the signs, so that they may return.
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Surah Al Ahqaf Ayat 25
It will destroy everything by the command of its Lord. And when the morning came upon them, there was nothing to be seen except their dwellings. Thus We requite the guilty people.
Surah Al Ahqaf Ayat 26
We had empowered them in the same way as We empowered you; and We gave them the hearing, and the sight, and the minds. But neither their hearing, nor their sight, nor their minds availed them in any way. That is because they disregarded the revelations of God; and so they became surrounded by what they used to ridicule.
Surah Al Ahqaf Ayat 28
Why then did the idols, whom they worshiped as means of nearness to God, not help them? In fact, they abandoned them. It was their lie, a fabrication of their own making.
Surah Al Ahqaf Ayat 29
Recall when We dispatched towards you a number of jinn, to listen to the Quran. When they came in its presence, they said, “Pay attention!” Then, when it was concluded, they rushed to their people, warning them.
About this reference
This is ayat 27 of Surah Al Ahqaf (The Dunes), surah 46 of the Quran. This surah contains 35 ayats. The English translation is by Talal Itani, ClearQuran, Edition God.
Read all 35 ayats of Surah Al Ahqaf