And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in (27:48)

﴿وَكَانَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ﴾
[ النمل: 48]

27:48 And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

And in the city of Hijr there were nine men who would cause corruption on earth through disbelief and sins, and they would not reform in it through faith and good actions.

And there were in the city nine men (from the sons of their chiefs), who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.

phonetic Transliteration

Wakana fee almadeenati tisAAatu rahtin yufsidoona fee alardi wala yuslihoona

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

There were in the city nine men of a family, who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And there were in the city nine Rahtin, who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.

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