Al-Ahqaf 46:25
The Wind-Curved Sandhills · Meccan · Juz 26 · Page 505
Only Their Homes Remained
تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيۡءِۭ بِأَمۡرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصۡبَحُواْ لَا يُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ٢٥
Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
And they became so that nothing was seen except their dwellings.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the punishment came in a way they never expected and destroyed everything; so are criminal peoples recompensed.
Reflect
Reflect that what lasts is deeds, not buildings.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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