An-Naml 27:34
The Ant · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 379
When Kings Enter
قَالَتۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُواْ قَرۡيَةً أَفۡسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓاْ أَعِزَّةَ أَهۡلِهَآ أَذِلَّةࣰۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٣٤
She said: Lo! kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the honour of its people shame. Thus will they do.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“When kings enter a town they ruin it and humiliate its honoured people.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is the killing, captivity, exile and imprisonment that come when a land is entered by war.
Reflect
Seek peace, mindful of the cost of war.
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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