Surah An-Naml 27:34

The Ant · Verse 34 of 93 · Juz 19 · Page 379

قَالَتْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا۟ قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓا۟ أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَآ أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ

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.

Translation: Saheeh International

Tafsir

She said ‘Indeed kings when they enter a town ruin it with destruction and reduce the mightiest of its inhabitants to the most abased. That is what they too will do namely the senders of this letter.

Excerpt from Tafsir al-Jalalayn, commentary on 27:34, via Quran.com. The reader has the full commentary and 9 more tafsirs.