# 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 4 - **Surah:** 7. Surah Al-A'raf (The Heights) — سورة الأعراف - **Verse:** 4 / 206 · **Juz:** 8 · **Mushaf page:** 150 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-4 ## Arabic وَكَمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنَاهَا فَجَٓاءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتاً اَوْ هُمْ قَٓائِلُونَ ## Transcription Wakam min qaryatin ahlaknahafajaaha ba/suna bayatan aw hum qa-iloon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley How many cities We have destroyed! Our violent force came down on them during the night, or while they were asleep during the day. ### Progressive Muslims And how many a town have We destroyed; for Our punishment came to them while sleeping, or while resting. ### Shabbir Ahmed (You will find ample documentation in history that when communities ignored Our Permanent Value System they met with destruction. ) How many a community Our Law of Requital has annihilated! Our Requital visited them by night, or while they slept at noon. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation And how many a city have We destroyed! Our might came upon it by night, or while they slept at noonday, ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation And how many a town have We destroyed; for Our punishment came to them while sleeping, or while resting. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament Many a community we annihilated; they incurred our retribution while they were asleep, or wide awake. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Many a habitation have We laid low before: Our retribution came upon them in the night or in the midst of siesta at noon. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon. ### Muhammad Asad And how many a [rebellious] community have We destroyed, with Our punishment coming upon it by night, or while they were resting at noontide! ### Marmaduke Pickthall How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while they slept at noon, Our terror came unto them. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary How many a township We have destroyed! Our scourge fell upon them at night, or when they were taking midday rest. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab How many towns did We reduce into a useless form in requital of their wickedness which grew more and more daily. Great was Our indignation against them that it spoke thunder on some at night while asleep* and on others during their siesta**. ### Bijan Moeinian If you only knew how many towns of the disbelievers I destroyed in account of their wrong doings. My punishment came to them at night or in the afternoon while they had a siesta. ### Al-Hilali & Khan And a great number of towns (their population) We destroyed (for their crimes). Our torment came upon them (suddenly) by night or while they were taking their midday nap. ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran ˹Imagine˺ how many societies We have destroyed! Our torment took them by surprise ˹while sleeping˺ at night or midday. ### Taqi Usmani How many a town We have destroyed! Our punishment came upon them at night or when they were having a nap at midday. ### Abdul Haleem How many towns We have destroyed! Our punishment came to them by night or while they slept in the afternoon: ### Arthur John Arberry How many a city We have destroyed! Our might came upon it at night, or while they took their ease in the noontide, ### E. Henry Palmer Yet how many a town have we destroyed, and our violence came upon it by night, or while they slept at noon; and their cry, when our violence came upon them, ### Hamid S. Aziz Yet how many a town have We destroyed, and Our wrath came upon it by night, or while they slept at noon; ### Mahmoud Ghali And how many a town We have caused to perish, so Our violence came to it at night (in their homes), or while halting (at midday). ### George Sale How many cities have We destroyed; which our vengeance overtook by night, or while they were reposing themselves at noon-day! ### Syed Vickar Ahamed And how many towns have We destroyed (for the sins of their people)? Our punishment took them all of a sudden by night or during their sleep for their afternoon rest. ### Amatul Rahman Omar So many a (rebellious) township have We caused to be ruined; so Our punishment visited them by night or while they were taking their midday rest; ### Ali Quli Qarai How many a town We have destroyed! Our punishment came to it at night, or while they were taking a midday nap. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Nice şehirlerdeki toplulukları helak ettik; gece veya gündüz uykusu içindeyken, azabımız onlara geldi! ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Biz nice ülkeleri yıkıma uğrattık. Geceleri uyurlarken ya da gündüzün dinlenirlerken bizim zorlu azabımız onlara geliverdi. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Nice memleketler var ki biz onları helak ettik. Azabımız onlara geceleyin yahut gündüz istirahat ederlerken geldi. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Nice memleketleri helak ettik. Onlara azabımız gece uykusuna dalmışken, yahut gündüz istirahat halinde iken gelmişti. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Biz nice memleket helak etmişizdir ki gece yatarlarken yahud gündüz uyurlarken baskınımız ona gelivermiştir ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Biz, nice memleketler helak etmişizdir ki, onlara baskınımız gece yatarlarken veya gündüz uyurken gelmiştir. ### Gültekin Onan Biz nice ülkeleri (veya toplulukları) yıkıma uğrattık. Gece uyurlarken ya da gündüz dinlenirlerken bizim zorlu azabımız onlara geliverdi. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Biz nice memleketler (ehalisin) i helak etdik. Öyle ki (kah) geceleyin, kah onlar kaylule ederlerken azabımız gelib çatdı onlara. ### İbni Kesir Nice kasabalar vardır ki; Biz, onları helak etmişizdir. Geceleyin uyurken, öğleyin dinlenirken, baskınımız gelip çattı onlara. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Biz (baş kaldıran) topluluklardan nicesini, gece vakti ya da güpegündüz dinlenirken ansızın gelip çatan cezamızla yok etmişizdir. ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Nice memleketler helak ettik. Kahredici azabımız, onlara gece ya da öğle vakti uyurlarken gelip çattı. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Nice kent(ler)i helak ettik; gece yatarlarken, yahut gündüz uyurlarken, azabımız onlara geliverdi. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Nice yurtları ve medeniyetleri yere batırdık biz. Öyle ki, geceleyin yahut öğle uykusu uyumakta oldukları bir sırada azabımız tepelerine iniverdi. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Biz nice (asi) toplulukları helak etmişizdir; kahredici gazabımız bir gece vakti ya da gün ortasında dinlenirken gelip çatıvermiştir. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Biz, nice kentleri yok ettik. Gece uyurlarken veya gündüz uykusundayken[1] onlara azabımız gelip çattı. _Footnotes_ - [1] Öğlen uykusu. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Nice kentleri yıkıma uğrattık; gece zamanı veya gündüz dinlenirken cezamız onlara geldi. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Biz nice kentleri etkisiz (yaşanmaz) hale getirdik. Baskınımız onlara, ya geceleyin ya da gündüz uykusunda[1] iken gelmiştir. _Footnotes_ - [1] Bkz: Yunus 10/50 ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Nice şehirler vardı ki biz onları helak etmiştik. Azabımız onlara gece veya gündüz uyurlarken gelmişti. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Biz, nice kentleri yok ettik. Gece uyurlarken veya gündüz uykusundayken[1] onlara azabımız gelip çattı. _Footnotes_ - [1] Öğlen uykusu. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Biz, nice kentleri yok ettik. Gece uyurlarken veya gündüz uykusundayken[1] onlara azabımız gelip çattı. _Footnotes_ - [1] Öğlen uykusu. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Nice kenti helak ettik. Onlara baskınımız, ya gece uykusunda ya da öğlende dinlenirken[1] geldi. _Footnotes_ - [1] [Yunus 10/50](https://quran.so/10/50) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | وَكَم — wakam | And how many | — | | 2 | مِّن — min | of | — | | 3 | قَرْيَةٍ — qaryatin | a city | قري — Kaf-Ra-Ye | | 4 | أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا — ahlaknāhā | We destroyed it | هلك — he-Lam-Kef | | 5 | فَجَآءَهَا — fajāahā | and came to it | جيا — Cim-Ye-Elif | | 6 | بَأْسُنَا — basunā | Our punishment | باس — Be-Elif-Sin | | 7 | بَيَـٰتًا — bayātan | (at) night | بيت — Be-Ye-Te | | 8 | أَوْ — aw | or | — | | 9 | هُمْ — hum | (while) they | — | | 10 | قَآئِلُونَ — qāilūna | were sleeping at noon | قيل — Kaf-Ye-Lam | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-3.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-5.md Retrieved: 2026-08-05 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.