Qabasفَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَا وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٞ فَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئۡرٖ مُّعَطَّلَةٖ وَقَصۡرٖ مَّشِيدٍ ٤٥
Faka'ayyim min qaryatin ahlaknāhā wahiya zālimatun fahiya khāwiyatun 'alā 'urūshihā wabi'rim mu'attalatin waqasrim mashīd
And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin930 - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace.931
Footnotes
930 Literally, "fallen in upon its roofs," i.e., after the roofs of its buildings had caved in, the walls collapsed over them.
931 i.e., How many wells have been left inoperative, and how many palaces have been emptied of their occupants in the past.