ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيۡكَۖ مِنۡهَا قَآئِمٞ وَحَصِيدٞ
These are some of the stories of communities which We relate unto thee: of them some are standing, and some have been mown down (by the sickle of time)
Author: Abdullah Yusuf Ali