Quran 21:11 Surah Anbiya ayat 11 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا آخَرِينَ﴾
[ الأنبياء: 11]
21:11 And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.
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Quran 21:11 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
And how many did We destroy of towns — meaning its inhabitants — that had been wrongdoing disbelieving and brought forth another people after it!
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
And think but this: how many towns, whose inhabitants were wrongful of actions, did We destroy and replace by other people
Quran 21:11 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
The Virtue of the Qur'an Here
Allah points out the noble status of the Qur'an and urges them to recognize its worth:
لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـباً فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ
( Indeed, We have sent down for you a Book in which there is Dhikrukum ).
Ibn `Abbas said: "Honor for you."
أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ
( Will you not then understand ) means, will you not understand this blessing, and accept it This is like the Ayah:
وَإِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَلُونَ
( And verily, this is indeed a Reminder for you and your people, and you will be questioned. ) 43:44
How the Evildoers were destroyed
وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَـلِمَةً
( How many a town given to wrongdoing, have We destroyed, ) meaning, they were very many.
This is like the Ayah:
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ
( And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh! ) 17:17
فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا
( And many a township did We destroy while they were given to wrongdoing, so that it lie in ruins ) 22:45.
وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْماً ءَاخَرِينَ
( and raised up after them another people! ) means, another nation which came after them.
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأْسَنَآ
( Then, when they sensed Our torment, ) when they realized that the torment would undoubtedly come upon them, just as their Prophet had warned them,
إِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ
( behold, they (tried to ) flee from it.) they tried to run away.
لاَ تَرْكُضُواْ وَارْجِعُواْ إِلَى مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَـكِنِكُمْ
( Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, ) This is a way of ridiculing them.
It will be said to them by way of ridicule: "Do not run away from the coming torment; go back to the delights and luxuries and fine homes in which you were living." Qatadah said, "Mocking them."
لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ
( in order that you may be questioned ) about whether you gave thanks for what you had.
قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـلِمِينَ
( They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly we have been wrong- doers." ) They will confess their sins when it will be of no benefit to them.
فَمَا زَالَت تِلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَـهُمْ حَصِيداً خَـمِدِينَ
( And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is reaped, extinct. ) meaning, "they will keep on saying that, admitting their wrong- doing, until We harvest them as it were, and their movements and voices come to a stop."
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
The Virtue of the Qur'an Here
Allah points out the noble status of the Qur'an and urges them to recognize its worth:
لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَـباً فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ
( Indeed, We have sent down for you a Book in which there is Dhikrukum ).
Ibn `Abbas said: "Honor for you."
أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ
( Will you not then understand ) means, will you not understand this blessing, and accept it This is like the Ayah:
وَإِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَلُونَ
( And verily, this is indeed a Reminder for you and your people, and you will be questioned. ) 43:44
How the Evildoers were destroyed
وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَـلِمَةً
( How many a town given to wrongdoing, have We destroyed, ) meaning, they were very many.
This is like the Ayah:
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِن بَعْدِ نُوحٍ
( And how many generations have We destroyed after Nuh! ) 17:17
فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا
( And many a township did We destroy while they were given to wrongdoing, so that it lie in ruins ) 22:45.
وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْماً ءَاخَرِينَ
( and raised up after them another people! ) means, another nation which came after them.
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأْسَنَآ
( Then, when they sensed Our torment, ) when they realized that the torment would undoubtedly come upon them, just as their Prophet had warned them,
إِذَا هُمْ مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ
( behold, they (tried to ) flee from it.) they tried to run away.
لاَ تَرْكُضُواْ وَارْجِعُواْ إِلَى مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَـكِنِكُمْ
( Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, ) This is a way of ridiculing them.
It will be said to them by way of ridicule: "Do not run away from the coming torment; go back to the delights and luxuries and fine homes in which you were living." Qatadah said, "Mocking them."
لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ
( in order that you may be questioned ) about whether you gave thanks for what you had.
قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـلِمِينَ
( They cried: "Woe to us! Certainly we have been wrong- doers." ) They will confess their sins when it will be of no benefit to them.
فَمَا زَالَت تِلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَـهُمْ حَصِيداً خَـمِدِينَ
( And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is reaped, extinct. ) meaning, "they will keep on saying that, admitting their wrong- doing, until We harvest them as it were, and their movements and voices come to a stop."
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
( How many a community that dealt unjustly ) whose people were disbelievers and idolaters ( have We shattered ) have We destroyed, ( and raised up ) and created ( after them ) after their destruction ( another folk ) who lived in their habitations!
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
How many a town (community), that were wrong-doers, have We destroyed, and raised up after them another people!
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