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فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةً بِمَا ظَلَمُواۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

Fatilka buyootuhum khawiyatan bimathalamoo inna fee thalika laayatanliqawmin yaAAlamoon

These are the ruins of their houses because of the wrong they did. There is certainly a Sign in that for people with knowledge.

  • Progressive Muslims

    So these are their homes, ruined, for what they transgressed. In that is a sign for a people who know.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And now their dwellings are empty, ruined as an outcome of their violation of human rights. Herein, behold, is a sign for those who make use of what they learn.

  • Sam Gerrans

    So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they did; in that is a proof for people who know.

  • The Monotheist Group

    So these are their homes, ruined, for what they transgressed.In that is a sign for a people who know.

  • Edip-Layth

    So these are their homes, ruined, for what they transgressed. In that is a sign for a people who know.

  • Aisha Bewley

    These are the ruins of their houses because of the wrong they did. There is certainly a Sign in that for people with knowledge.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    Here are their homes utterly ruined, because of their transgression. This should be a lesson for people who know.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    So these their habitations lie deserted now because of their iniquities. Verily there is a sign in this for those who understand.

  • Sahih International

    So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.

  • Muhammad Asad

    and [now] those dwellings of theirs are empty, [ruined] as an outcome of their evil deeds. In this, behold, there is a message indeed for peo­ple of [innate] knowledge –

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    See, yonder are their dwellings empty and in ruins because they did wrong. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for a people who have knowledge.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    And you can see how their dwellings stand dilapidated over hills of ruin as a sequel to their iniquities. This is emblematic indeed of Allah's Omnipotence and Authority and a significant sign appreciated by people who comprehend.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    There their houses lie desolate in account of their meanness. There is a lesson in this for the knowledgeable people.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    These are their houses in utter ruin, for they did wrong. Verily, in this is indeed an Ayâh (a lesson or a sign) for people who know.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Now such were their houses, - in utter ruin, - because they practised wrong-doing. Verily in this is a Sign for people of knowledge.

  • Mustafa Khattab

    So their homes are there, ˹but completely˺ ruined because of their wrongdoing. Surely in this is a lesson for people of knowledge.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Now those are their houses, lying empty because of their transgression. Surely, in this there are signs for a people who have knowledge.

  • Abdul Haleem

    As a result of their evil deeds, their homes are desolate ruins- there truly is a sign in this for those who know-

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Those are their houses, all fallen down because of the evil they committed; surely in that is a sign for a people who have knowledge.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Thus are their houses overturned, for that they were unjust; verily, in that is a sign to people who do know!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Behold, what was the nature of the consequences of their plotting, for lo! We destroyed them and their people, everyone.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    So those are their houses, devastated because they did injustice; surely in that is a sign for a people who know (the Truth).

  • George Sale

    and these their habitations remain empty, because of the injustice which they committed. Verily herein is a sign, unto people who understand.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Now their houses were like this— In utter ruin, because they did wrong, surely in this, there is a Sign for people with knowledge.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    So their houses are lying deserted over there because of their acting unjustly. Indeed, in this (episode) there is a great sign for a people who would know.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    So there lay their houses, fallen in ruin, because of their wrongdoing. There is indeed a sign in that for a people who have knowledge.