Al-Ahqaf 46:27
The Dunes · ayah 27 of 35
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Walaqad ahlakna ma hawlakummina alqura wasarrafna al-ayatilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon
"And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief]."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"We have also destroyed other communities that once flourished around you- We had given them various signs so that they might return to the right way-"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"We destroyed aforetime populations round about you; and We have shown the Signs in various ways, that they may turn (to Us)."