ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْقُرَىٰ نَقُصُّهُۥ عَلَيْكَ ۖ مِنْهَا قَآئِمٌ وَحَصِيدٌ
Zaalika min ambaaa'il quraa naqussuhoo 'alaika minhaa qaaa'imunw wa haseed
We relate to you [Muhammad] such accounts of earlier towns: some of them are still standing; some have been mown down;
These are accounts of the towns we recount to you — some still standing, others reaped down.