مُحَمَّد : ١٣

  • وَكَأَيِّن And how many
  • مِّن of
  • قَرۡيَةٍ a town
  • هِيَ which
  • أَشَدُّ (was) stronger
  • قُوَّةٗ (in) strength
  • مِّن than
  • قَرۡيَتِكَ your town
  • ٱلَّتِيٓ which
  • أَخۡرَجَتۡكَ has driven you out
  • أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ We destroyed them
  • فَلَا so no
  • نَاصِرَ helper
  • لَهُمۡ for them
And how many a city was stronger than your city [i.e., Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them.
And how many (ka-ayyin means kam) a town, by which is meant the inhabitants thereof, mightier in power than your town, Mecca, that is to say, its inhabitants, which expelled you (akhrajatka [is feminine despite the plural sense of inhabitants meant is because it] takes into account the [feminine] form of qarya, 'town'), have We destroyed (ahlaknaahum takes into account the former [plural] import of qarya, 'town'), and they had none to help them, against Our destruction [of them].