Tafsir for verse: 46:27
وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مَا حَوۡلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفۡنَا ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٢٧ ﴿27﴾
27And We have (also) destroyed (other) towns around you, while We had given to them a variety of signs, so that they might return (from disbelief).
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Commentary
What is around you, O people of Mecca, from the villages such as the stone of Thamud and the village of Sodom and others? The intended meaning is: the people of the villages. Therefore, he said, 'Perhaps they will return.'
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