Al-Ahqaf 46:27
The Wind-Curved Sandhills · Meccan · Juz 26 · Page 505
The Towns Around You
وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٧
And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
We destroyed the towns around you and diversified the signs.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this addresses the people of Mecca: the destroyed places around them were Ma’rib, al-Hijr of Thamud, Sodom and al-Aykah.
Reflect
Take a lesson from something near you.
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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