ٱلنَّمْل : ٤٨

  • وَكَانَ And were
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ the city
  • تِسۡعَةُ nine
  • رَهۡطٖ family heads
  • يُفۡسِدُونَ they were spreading corruption
  • فِي in
  • ٱلۡأَرۡضِ the land
  • وَلَا and not
  • يُصۡلِحُونَ reforming
And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].
And there were in the city, the city of Thamood, a band of nine men, that is, [nine] men, who were causing corruption in the land, with acts of disobedience, which included their corroding of dinar and dirham coins [rendering them worthless], and did not reform [their ways], through obedience [to God].