# Kaf-Ra-Ye — قري (qry)

> Occurs in 57 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/qry

- **Meaning:** To entertain a guest, that with which a guest is entertained. To collect, run to/into. To explore; investigate; with a much and diligent search, city/town.
- **Derived forms:** قَرْيَة (57)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةَ — l-qaryata · "town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَاِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَداً وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّداً وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَايَاكُمْۜ وَسَنَز۪يدُ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wa-ith qulna odkhuloo hathihialqaryata fakuloo minha haythu shi/tum raghadan wadkhulooalbaba sujjadan waqooloo hittatun naghfirlakum khatayakum wasanazeedu almuhsineen

And when We said: “Enter this city, and eat freely of it wheresoever you will. And enter the gate in submission, and say: ‘A mitigation!’ We will forgive you your offences, and will increase the doers of good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-58.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 259

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍۢ — qaryatin · "a township"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

اَوْ كَالَّذ۪ي مَرَّ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَاۚ قَالَ اَنّٰى يُحْـي۪ هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَاۚ فَاَمَاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُۜ قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَۜ قَالَ لَبِثْتُ يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۜ قَالَ بَلْ لَبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَانْظُرْ اِلٰى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْۚ وَانْظُرْ اِلٰى حِمَارِكَ وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ اٰيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَانْظُرْ اِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنْشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْماًۜ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۙ قَالَ اَعْلَمُ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَد۪يرٌ

Aw kallathee marra AAalaqaryatin wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihaqala anna yuhyee hathihi AllahubaAAda mawtiha faamatahu Allahu mi-ata AAaminthumma baAAathahu qala kam labithta qala labithtuyawman aw baAAda yawmin qala bal labithta mi-ata AAaminfanthur ila taAAamikawasharabika lam yatasannah wanthurila himarika walinajAAalaka ayatan linnasiwanthur ila alAAithamikayfa nunshizuha thumma naksooha lahmanfalamma tabayyana lahu qala aAAlamu anna AllahaAAala kulli shay-in qadeer

Or like one passing by a town when it was desolate: he said: “How will God give life to this after its death?” So God caused him to die a hundred years; then He raised him up. He said: “How long hast thou tarried?” Said he: “I have tarried a day, or part of a day.” He said: “Nay, thou hast tarried a hundred years. Look thou at thy food and drink: they are not spoiled. And look thou at thy donkey — and We will make thee a proof for mankind — and look thou at the bones: how We restore them to life, then We clothe them with flesh.” And when it had become clear to him, said he: “I know that God is over all things powerful.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-259.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةِ — l-qaryati · "[the] town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · genitive case

وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُقَاتِلُونَ ف۪ي سَب۪يلِ اللّٰهِ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَف۪ينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَٓاءِ وَالْوِلْدَانِ الَّذ۪ينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَٓا اَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمِ اَهْلُهَاۚ وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِياًّۚ وَاجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ نَص۪يراًۜ

Wama lakum la tuqatiloonafee sabeeli Allahi walmustadAAafeena mina arrijaliwannisa-i walwildani allatheenayaqooloona rabbana akhrijna min hathihialqaryati aththalimi ahluhawajAAal lana min ladunka waliyyan wajAAallana min ladunka naseera

And why should you not fight in the cause of God, and of the oppressed among the men, and the women, and the children who say: “Our Lord: take Thou us out of this city whose people are wrongdoers; and give Thou us from Thyself an ally; and give Thou us from Thyself a helper”?

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-75.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 92

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "(of) the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَهٰذَا كِتَابٌ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ مُبَارَكٌ مُصَدِّقُ الَّذ۪ي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَلِتُنْذِرَ اُمَّ الْقُرٰى وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَاۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِه۪ وَهُمْ عَلٰى صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

Wahatha kitabun anzalnahumubarakun musaddiqu allathee bayna yadayhiwalitunthira omma alqura waman hawlahawallatheena yu/minoona bil-akhiratiyu/minoona bihi wahum AAala salatihim yuhafithoon

And this is a Writ We have sent down, one blessed, confirming what was before it, and that thou warn the mother of cities and those around her; and those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it, and they preserve their duty.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-92.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 123

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "city"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا ف۪ي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ اَكَابِرَ مُجْرِم۪يهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا ف۪يهَاۜ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ اِلَّا بِاَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Wakathalika jaAAalna feekulli qaryatin akabira mujrimeeha liyamkuroo feehawama yamkuroona illa bi-anfusihim wamayashAAuroon

And thus have We appointed in every city its greatest lawbreakers, that they should scheme therein; and they scheme only against themselves, and they perceive not.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-123.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 131

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

ذٰلِكَ اَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى بِظُلْمٍ وَاَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ

Thalika an lam yakun rabbuka muhlikaalqura bithulmin waahluha ghafiloon

That is because thy Lord would not destroy the cities in injustice, while their people were unaware.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-131.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "a city"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَا فَجَٓاءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتاً اَوْ هُمْ قَٓائِلُونَ

Wakam min qaryatin ahlaknahafajaaha ba/suna bayatan aw hum qa-iloon

And how many a city have We destroyed! Our might came upon it by night, or while they slept at noonday,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-4.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ — qaryatikum · "your town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُٓوا اَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْۚ اِنَّهُمْ اُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Wama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoohum min qaryatikuminnahum onasun yatatahharoon

And the response of his people was only that they said: “Turn them out of your city; they are a people who keep themselves pure!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-82.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَتِنَآ — qaryatinā · "our city"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

قَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذ۪ينَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِه۪ لَنُخْرِجَنَّكَ يَا شُعَيْبُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَكَ مِنْ قَرْيَتِنَٓا اَوْ لَتَعُودُنَّ ف۪ي مِلَّتِنَاۜ قَالَ اَوَلَوْ كُنَّا كَارِه۪ينَ

Qala almalao allatheenaistakbaroo min qawmihi lanukhrijannaka ya shuAAaybu wallatheenaamanoo maAAaka min qaryatina aw lataAAoodunna feemillatina qala awa law kunna kariheen

Said the eminent ones who had waxed proud among his people: “We will turn thee, O Shuʿayb, and those who heed warning with thee, out of our city if you return not to our creed.” He said: “Even though we be unwilling?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-88.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍۢ — qaryatin · "a city"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا ف۪ي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ اِلَّٓا اَخَذْنَٓا اَهْلَهَا بِالْبَأْسَٓاءِ وَالضَّرَّٓاءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

Wama arsalna fee qaryatin minnabiyyin illa akhathna ahlaha bilba/sa-iwaddarra-i laAAallahum yaddarraAAoon

And We sent not to a city a prophet save that We took its people with affliction and adversity, that they might humble themselves.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-94.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ — l-qurā · "(of) the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَلَوْ اَنَّ اَهْلَ الْقُرٰٓى اٰمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَاتٍ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلٰكِنْ كَذَّبُوا فَاَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

Walaw anna ahla alqura amanoowattaqaw lafatahna AAalayhim barakatinmina assama-i wal-ardi walakinkaththaboo faakhathnahum bima kanooyaksiboon

And had the people of the cities believed and been in prudent fear, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied, so We seized them for what they earned.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-96.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 97

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ — l-qurā · "(of) the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

اَفَاَمِنَ اَهْلُ الْقُرٰٓى اَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتاً وَهُمْ نَٓائِمُونَۜ

Afaamina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahumba/suna bayatan wahum na-imoon

Did then the people of the cities feel secure from Our might coming upon them by night while they slept?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-97.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ — l-qurā · "(of) the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

اَوَاَمِنَ اَهْلُ الْقُرٰٓى اَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Awa amina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahumba/suna duhan wahum yalAAaboon

Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our might coming upon them at midday while they played?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-98.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 101

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "(were) the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · nominative case

تِلْكَ الْقُرٰى نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ اَنْـبَٓائِهَاۚ وَلَقَدْ جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِۚ فَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا بِمَا كَذَّبُوا مِنْ قَبْلُۜ كَذٰلِكَ يَطْبَعُ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى قُلُوبِ الْكَافِر۪ينَ

Tilka alqura naqussu AAalaykamin anba-iha walaqad jaat-hum rusuluhum bilbayyinatifama kanoo liyu/minoo bima kaththaboomin qablu kathalika yatbaAAu Allahu AAalaquloobi alkafireen

Those cities: We relate some of their reports to thee; and their messengers came to them with clear signs, but they were not to believe in what they had denied before; thus God seals the hearts of the false claimers of guidance.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-101.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 161

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةَ — l-qaryata · "city"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَاِذْ ق۪يلَ لَهُمُ اسْكُنُوا هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ وَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ وَقُولُوا حِطَّةٌ وَادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّداً نَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَط۪ٓيـَٔاتِكُمْۜ سَنَز۪يدُ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wa-ith qeela lahumu oskunoo hathihialqaryata wakuloo minha haythu shi/tum waqooloo hittatunwadkhuloo albaba sujjadan naghfir lakum khatee-atikumsanazeedu almuhsineen

And when it was said to them: “Dwell in this city, and eat of it wheresoever you will; and say: ‘A mitigation!’ And enter the gate in submission; We will forgive you your offences. We will increase the doers of good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-161.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 163

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةِ — l-qaryati · "the town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِۢ اِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ اِذْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ ح۪يتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَۙ لَا تَأْت۪يهِمْۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Was-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee assabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoon

And ask thou them about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them openly on the day of their Sabbath. But on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not to them. Thus did We try them, because they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-163.md_

### 10. Surah Yunus, Verse 98

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٌ — qaryatun · "any town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ اٰمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَٓا ا۪يمَانُهَٓا اِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَۜ لَمَّٓا اٰمَنُوا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ اِلٰى ح۪ينٍ

Falawla kanat qaryatun amanatfanafaAAaha eemanuha illa qawmayoonusa lamma amanoo kashafna AAanhum AAathabaalkhizyi fee alhayati addunyawamattaAAnahum ila heen

Oh, that a city had but believed and profited by its faith save the people of Jonah! When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in the life of this world, and gave them enjoyment for a time.

_https://quran.so/surah-yunus/verse-98.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 100

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "(of) the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اَنْـبَٓاءِ الْقُرٰى نَقُصُّهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا قَٓائِمٌ وَحَص۪يدٌ

Thalika min anba-i alquranaqussuhu AAalayka minha qa-imun wahaseed

That is from the reports of the cities We relate to thee; among them are standing and reaped.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-100.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 102

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَخْذُ رَبِّكَ اِذَٓا اَخَذَ الْقُرٰى وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌۜ اِنَّ اَخْذَهُٓ اَل۪يمٌ شَد۪يدٌ

Wakathalika akhthu rabbika ithaakhatha alqura wahiya thalimatuninna akhthahu aleemun shadeed

And thus is the seizing of thy Lord, when He takes the cities when they are doing wrong; His seizing is painful and strong.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-102.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 117

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "the cities"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى بِظُلْمٍ وَاَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

Wama kana rabbuka liyuhlikaalqura bithulmin waahluha muslihoon

And never would thy Lord destroy the cities in injustice, when their people were those who do right.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-117.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 82

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةَ — l-qaryata · "the town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَسْـَٔلِ الْقَرْيَةَ الَّت۪ي كُنَّا ف۪يهَا وَالْع۪يرَ الَّت۪ٓي اَقْبَلْنَا ف۪يهَاۜ وَاِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ

Was-ali alqaryata allatee kunnafeeha walAAeera allatee aqbalna feehawa-inna lasadiqoon

“‘And ask thou of the city in which we were, and the caravan in which we approached; and we are truthful.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-82.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 109

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ۗ — l-qurā · "(of) the townships"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ اِلَّا رِجَالاً نُوح۪ٓي اِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْقُرٰىۜ اَفَلَمْ يَس۪يرُوا فِي الْاَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْۜ وَلَدَارُ الْاٰخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اتَّقَوْاۜ اَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Wama arsalna min qablika illarijalan noohee ilayhim min ahli alquraafalam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthurookayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihimwaladaru al-akhirati khayrun lillatheenaittaqaw afala taAAqiloon

And We sent before thee only men to whom We revealed from among the people of the cities. (So have they not travelled in the earth and seen how was the final outcome of those who were before them? And the abode of the Hereafter is best for those who are in prudent fear; will you then not use reason!)

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-109.md_

### 15. Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَٓا اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَعْلُومٌ

Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illawalaha kitabun maAAloom

And We destroyed no city save it had a known writ;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hijr/verse-4.md_

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 112

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةًۭ — qaryatan · "(of) a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ اٰمِنَةً مُطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْت۪يهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَداً مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِاَنْعُمِ اللّٰهِ فَاَذَاقَهَا اللّٰهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

Wadaraba Allahu mathalanqaryatan kanat aminatan mutma-innatanya/teeha rizquha raghadan min kulli makaninfakafarat bi-anAAumi Allahi faathaqaha Allahulibasa aljooAAi walkhawfi bima kanooyasnaAAoon

And God strikes a similitude: — a city secure, at peace, its provision coming to it in abundance from every side; but it denied the favours of God, then God let it taste the cloak of hunger and fear because of what they wrought.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-112.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةً — qaryatan · "a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاِذَٓا اَرَدْنَٓا اَنْ نُهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً اَمَرْنَا مُتْرَف۪يهَا فَفَسَقُوا ف۪يهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْم۪يراً

Wa-itha aradna an nuhlikaqaryatan amarna mutrafeeha fafasaqoo feehafahaqqa AAalayha alqawlu fadammarnahatadmeera

And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its opulent ones, but they are perfidious therein; so the word becomes binding upon it, and We annihilate it utterly.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-16.md_

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَاِنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِ اَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَاباً شَد۪يداًۜ كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُوراً

Wa-in min qaryatin illa nahnumuhlikooha qabla yawmi alqiyamati aw muAAaththiboohaAAathaban shadeedan kana thalika fee alkitabimastoora

And there is no city save We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with severe punishment; that is in the Writ inscribed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-58.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ — l-qurā · "[the] towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · nominative case

وَتِلْكَ الْقُرٰٓى اَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِمْ مَوْعِداً۟

Watilka alqura ahlaknahum lammathalamoo wajaAAalna limahlikihim mawAAida

And those cities: We destroyed them when they did wrong; and We made for their destruction an appointment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-59.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "(of) a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

فَانْطَلَقَا۠ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَتَيَٓا اَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍۨ اسْتَطْعَمَٓا اَهْلَهَا فَاَبَوْا اَنْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا ف۪يهَا جِدَاراً يُر۪يدُ اَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَاَقَامَهُۜ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ اَجْراً

Fantalaqa hattaitha ataya ahla qaryatin istatAAamaahlaha faabaw an yudayyifoohuma fawajadafeeha jidaran yureedu an yanqadda faaqamahuqala law shi/ta lattakhathta AAalayhi ajra

So they went forth. When they had come to the people of a city, they asked its people for food, but they refused them hospitality. And they found therein a wall upon the point of collapse, and he set it upright. He said: “If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken for it recompense.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-77.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

مَٓا اٰمَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَاۚ اَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Ma amanat qablahum min qaryatinahlaknaha afahum yu/minoon

No city believed before them among those We destroyed; will they then believe?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-6.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍۢ — qaryatin · "a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَاَنْشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْماً اٰخَر۪ينَ

Wakam qasamna min qaryatin kanatthalimatan waansha/na baAAdahaqawman akhareen

And how many a city that was doing wrong did We utterly destroy, and produced after it another people!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-11.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 74

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةِ — l-qaryati · "the town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَلُوطاً اٰتَيْنَاهُ حُكْماً وَعِلْماً وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ تَعْمَلُ الْخَبَٓائِثَۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَاسِق۪ينَۙ

Walootan ataynahu hukmanwaAAilman wanajjaynahu mina alqaryati allatee kanattaAAmalu alkhaba-itha innahum kanoo qawma saw-in fasiqeen

And Lot: We gave him judgment and knowledge; and We delivered him from the city that was doing bad deeds; they were an evil people, perfidious;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-74.md_

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 95

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "a city"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَحَرَامٌ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَٓا اَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Waharamun AAalaqaryatin ahlaknaha annahum la yarjiAAoon

And a prohibition is upon a city that We have destroyed, that they shall not return.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-95.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 45

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "a township"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

فَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُعَطَّـلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَش۪يدٍ

Fakaayyin min qaryatin ahlaknahawahiya thalimatun fahiya khawiyatunAAala AAurooshiha wabi/rin muAAattalatinwaqasrin masheed

And how many a city did We destroy when it was doing wrong and is desolate! — and a deserted well[...]! and a lofty castle[...]!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-45.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "a township"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ اَخَذْتُهَاۚ وَاِلَيَّ الْمَص۪يرُ۟

Wakaayyin min qaryatin amlaytu lahawahiya thalimatun thumma akhathtuhawa-ilayya almaseer

And how many a city did I grant respite when it was doing wrong! — then I seized it; and to Me is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-48.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 40

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةِ — l-qaryati · "the town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَلَقَدْ اَتَوْا عَلَى الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ٓي اُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ السَّوْءِۜ اَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَرَوْنَهَاۚ بَلْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُوراً

Walaqad ataw AAala alqaryati allateeomtirat matara assaw-i afalam yakoonooyarawnaha bal kanoo la yarjoona nushoora

And they have passed by the city whereon rained a rain of evil; so did they not see it? The truth is, they expect not a resurrection.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-40.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍۢ — qaryatin · "town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَبَعَثْنَا ف۪ي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ نَذ۪يراًۘ

Walaw shi/na labaAAathna feekulli qaryatin natheera

And had We willed, We would have raised up in every city a warner;

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-51.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 208

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَٓا اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اِلَّا لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَۗۛ

Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illalaha munthiroon

And We destroyed no city save it had warners

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-208.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةً — qaryatan · "a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

قَالَتْ اِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ اِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً اَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُٓوا اَعِزَّةَ اَهْلِهَٓا اَذِلَّةًۚ وَكَذٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

Qalat inna almulooka ithadakhaloo qaryatan afsadooha wajaAAaloo aAAizzata ahlihaathillatan wakathalika yafAAaloon

She said: “Kings, when they enter a city, spoil it and make its most honoured people abject; and thus will they do.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-34.md_

### 27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 56

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ — qaryatikum · "your town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِه۪ٓ اِلَّٓا اَنْ قَالُٓوا اَخْرِجُٓوا اٰلَ لُوطٍ مِنْ قَرْيَتِكُمْۚ اِنَّهُمْ اُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Fama kana jawabaqawmihi illa an qaloo akhrijoo ala lootinmin qaryatikum innahum onasun yatatahharoon

But the response of his people was only that they said: “Turn the family of Lot out of your city; they are men who keep themselves pure!”

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naml/verse-56.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 58

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍۭ — qaryatin · "a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَمْ اَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ بَطِرَتْ مَع۪يشَتَهَاۚ فَتِلْكَ مَسَاكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَنْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ اِلَّا قَل۪يلاًۜ وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ الْوَارِث۪ينَ

Wakam ahlakna min qaryatin batiratmaAAeeshataha fatilka masakinuhum lam tuskan minbaAAdihim illa qaleelan wakunna nahnu alwaritheen

And how many a city We destroyed that was insolent in its livelihood; and those are their dwellings: they have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We are the inheritors.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-58.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "the towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى حَتّٰى يَبْعَثَ ف۪ٓي اُمِّهَا رَسُولاً يَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِي الْقُرٰٓى اِلَّا وَاَهْلُهَا ظَالِمُونَ

Wama kana rabbuka muhlikaalqura hatta yabAAatha fee ommiharasoolan yatloo AAalayhim ayatina wamakunna muhlikee alqura illa waahluha thalimoon

And never would thy Lord destroy the cities until He has raised up in their principal city a messenger reciting to them Our proofs. And never would We destroy the cities save when the people thereof were wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-59.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ — l-qurā · "the towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى حَتّٰى يَبْعَثَ ف۪ٓي اُمِّهَا رَسُولاً يَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِي الْقُرٰٓى اِلَّا وَاَهْلُهَا ظَالِمُونَ

Wama kana rabbuka muhlikaalqura hatta yabAAatha fee ommiharasoolan yatloo AAalayhim ayatina wamakunna muhlikee alqura illa waahluha thalimoon

And never would thy Lord destroy the cities until He has raised up in their principal city a messenger reciting to them Our proofs. And never would We destroy the cities save when the people thereof were wrongdoers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-59.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖ — l-qaryati · "town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَتْ رُسُلُـنَٓا اِبْرٰه۪يمَ بِالْبُشْرٰىۙ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا مُهْلِكُٓوا اَهْلِ هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِۚ اِنَّ اَهْلَهَا كَانُوا ظَالِم۪ينَۚ

Walamma jaat rusulunaibraheema bilbushra qaloo innamuhlikoo ahli hathihi alqaryati inna ahlaha kanoothalimeen

And when Our messengers came to Abraham with the glad tidings, they said: “We will destroy the people of this city; its people are wrongdoers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-31.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةِ — l-qaryati · "town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

اِنَّا مُنْزِلُونَ عَلٰٓى اَهْلِ هٰذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزاً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Inna munziloona AAala ahli hathihialqaryati rijzan mina assama-i bima kanooyafsuqoon

“We will send upon the people of this city a scourge from the sky because they were perfidious.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-34.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَى — l-qurā · "the towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَى الَّت۪ي بَارَكْنَا ف۪يهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا ف۪يهَا السَّيْرَۜ س۪يرُوا ف۪يهَا لَيَالِيَ وَاَيَّاماً اٰمِن۪ينَ

WajaAAalna baynahum wabayna alquraallatee barakna feeha quran thahiratanwaqaddarna feeha assayra seeroo feehalayaliya waayyaman amineen

And We made between them and the cities We had blessed cities visible; and determined the journey between them: “Travel in this by night and day in safety.”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-18.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** قُرًۭى — quran · "towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْقُرَى الَّت۪ي بَارَكْنَا ف۪يهَا قُرًى ظَاهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا ف۪يهَا السَّيْرَۜ س۪يرُوا ف۪يهَا لَيَالِيَ وَاَيَّاماً اٰمِن۪ينَ

WajaAAalna baynahum wabayna alquraallatee barakna feeha quran thahiratanwaqaddarna feeha assayra seeroo feehalayaliya waayyaman amineen

And We made between them and the cities We had blessed cities visible; and determined the journey between them: “Travel in this by night and day in safety.”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-18.md_

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 34

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍۢ — qaryatin · "a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَمَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا ف۪ي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَٓاۙ اِنَّا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِه۪ كَافِرُونَ

Wama arsalna fee qaryatin minnatheerin illa qala mutrafooha innabima orsiltum bihi kafiroon

And We sent not to a city any warner save its opulent ones said: “We are deniers of that wherewith you have been sent.”

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-34.md_

### 36. Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَةِ — l-qaryati · "(of) the city"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً اَصْحَابَ الْقَرْيَةِۢ اِذْ جَٓاءَهَا الْمُرْسَلُونَۚ

Wadrib lahum mathalan as-habaalqaryati ith jaaha almursaloon

And strike thou for them a similitude: — the people of the city, when the emissaries came to it —

_https://quran.so/surah-ya-sin/verse-13.md_

### 42. Surah Ash-Shuraa, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "(of) the towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَكَذٰلِكَ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ قُرْاٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لِتُنْذِرَ اُمَّ الْقُرٰى وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَتُنْذِرَ يَوْمَ الْجَمْعِ لَا رَيْبَ ف۪يهِۜ فَر۪يقٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَفَر۪يقٌ فِي السَّع۪يرِ

Wakathalika awhaynailayka qur-anan AAarabiyyan litunthira omma alqurawaman hawlaha watunthira yawma aljamAAi larayba feehi fareequn fee aljannati wafareequn fee assaAAeer

And thus We have revealed to thee an Arabic recitation, that thou warn the mother of cities and whoso is around her, and thou warn of the Day of Gathering whereof there is no doubt: a faction will be in the Garden, and a faction in the Inferno.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuraa/verse-7.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍۢ — qaryatin · "a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَذٰلِكَ مَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ ف۪ي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَٓاۙ اِنَّا وَجَدْنَٓا اٰبَٓاءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ مُقْتَدُونَ

Wakathalika ma arsalnamin qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qalamutrafooha inna wajadna abaanaAAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihimmuqtadoon

And thus We sent not before thee into a city any warner save its opulent ones said: “We found our fathers upon a community, and we are following in their footsteps.”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-23.md_

### 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ — l-qaryatayni · "the two towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, dual · genitive case

وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظ۪يمٍ

Waqaloo lawla nuzzila hathaalqur-anu AAala rajulin mina alqaryatayni AAatheem

And they said: “Oh, that this Qur’an had but been sent down upon a great man of the two cities!”

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-31.md_

### 46. Surah Al-Ahqaf, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "the towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

وَلَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْقُرٰى وَصَرَّفْنَا الْاٰيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Walaqad ahlakna ma hawlakummina alqura wasarrafna al-ayatilaAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And We have destroyed what surrounds you of cities; and We expounded the proofs, that they might return.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahqaf/verse-27.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ هِيَ اَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِنْ قَرْيَتِكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَخْرَجَتْكَۚ اَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

Wakaayyin min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatanmin qaryatika allatee akhrajatka ahlaknahum fala nasiralahum

And how many a city stronger than thy city which has turned thee out have We destroyed! And there was no helper for them.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-13.md_

### 47. Surah Muhammad, Verse 13

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَتِكَ — qaryatika · "your town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ هِيَ اَشَدُّ قُوَّةً مِنْ قَرْيَتِكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَخْرَجَتْكَۚ اَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمْ

Wakaayyin min qaryatin hiya ashaddu quwwatanmin qaryatika allatee akhrajatka ahlaknahum fala nasiralahum

And how many a city stronger than thy city which has turned thee out have We destroyed! And there was no helper for them.

_https://quran.so/surah-muhammad/verse-13.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 7

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā · "(of) the towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case

مَٓا اَفَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى رَسُولِه۪ مِنْ اَهْلِ الْقُرٰى فَلِلّٰهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ وَلِذِي الْقُرْبٰى وَالْيَتَامٰى وَالْمَسَاك۪ينِ وَابْنِ السَّب۪يلِۙ  كَيْ لَا يَكُونَ دُولَةً بَيْنَ الْاَغْنِيَٓاءِ مِنْكُمْۜ وَمَٓا اٰتٰيكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهٰيكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُواۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ شَد۪يدُ الْعِقَابِۢ

Ma afaa Allahu AAalarasoolihi min ahli alqura falillahi walirrasooliwalithee alqurba walyatama walmasakeeniwabni assabeeli kay la yakoona doolatanbayna al-aghniya-i minkum wama atakumuarrasoolu fakhuthoohu wama nahakumAAanhu fantahoo wattaqoo Allaha inna Allahashadeedu alAAiqab

What God gave in spoil to His messenger from the people of the cities belongs to God and His messenger, and to relatives, and the fatherless, and the needy, and the wayfarer[...] that it be not a distribution by turns between the rich among you. And what the Messenger gives you: take it, and from what he forbids you: refrain — and be in prudent fear of God; God is severe in retribution —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-7.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** قُرًۭى — quran · "towns"
  - **Grammar:** noun · plural · genitive case · indefinite

لَا يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ جَم۪يعاً اِلَّا ف۪ي قُرًى مُحَصَّنَةٍ اَوْ مِنْ وَرَٓاءِ جُدُرٍۜ بَأْسُهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ شَد۪يدٌۜ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَم۪يعاً وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتّٰىۜ ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَا يَعْقِلُونَۚ

La yuqatiloonakum jameeAAanilla fee quran muhassanatin aw min wara-ijudurin ba/suhum baynahum shadeedun tahsabuhum jameeAAanwaquloobuhum shatta thalika bi-annahum qawmun layaAAqiloon

They will not fight you all together save in fortified cities or from behind walls. Their might is strong among themselves. Thou thinkest them together, but their hearts are diverse; for it is that they are people who do not reason!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-14.md_

### 65. Surah At-Talaq, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin · "a town"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

وَكَاَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِه۪ فَحَاسَبْنَاهَا حِسَاباً شَد۪يداً وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا عَذَاباً نُكْراً

Wakaayyin min qaryatin AAatat AAan amrirabbiha warusulihi fahasabnaha hisabanshadeedan waAAaththabnaha AAathabannukra

And how many a city scorned the command of its Lord and His messengers so We called it to a stern account and punished it with a terrible punishment!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-talaq/verse-8.md_

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