ٱلْبُرُوج : ٤

  • قُتِلَ Destroyed were
  • أَصۡحَٰبُ (the) companions
  • ٱلۡأُخۡدُودِ (of) the pit
Destroyed [i.e., cursed] were the companions of the trench1
Footnotes
1 - Or "May they be destroyed" or "cursed." The "companions of the trench" (or ditch) were agents of a tyrannical king who refused to allow his people to believe in Allāh. Their evil deed in obedience to their ruler earned for them the curse of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) .
perish, accursed be, the men of the ditch!, the pit in the ground,