Study Mode · Ayah 27:34
Surah An-Naml · 27:34
قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
Qaalat innal mulooka izaa dakhaloo qaryatan afsadoohaa wa ja'alooo a'izzata ahlihaaa azillah; wa kazaalika yaf'aloon
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Saheeh International
She said, "Indeed kings - when they enter a city, they ruin it and render the honored of its people humbled. And thus do they do.
Yusuf Ali
She said: "Kings, when they enter a country, despoil it, and make the noblest of its people its meanest thus do they behave.
Pickthall
She said: Lo! kings, when they enter a township, ruin it and make the honour of its people shame. Thus will they do.