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Text Uthmani:

وَكَانَ فِي ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ تِسۡعَةُ رَهۡطٖ يُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا يُصۡلِحُونَ ٤٨

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran:

And there were in the city nine ˹elite˺ men who spread corruption in the land, never doing what is right.

Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhammad Muhsin Khan:

And there were in the city nine men (from the sons of their chiefs), who made mischief in the land, and would not reform.

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Word list with translation

Word#	Text Uthmani	English Translation
1	وَكَانَ	And were
2	فِي	in
3	ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ	the city
4	تِسۡعَةُ	nine
5	رَهۡطٖ	family heads
6	يُفۡسِدُونَ	they were spreading corruption
7	فِي	in
8	ٱلۡأَرۡضِ	the land
9	وَلَا	and not
10	يُصۡلِحُونَ	reforming
11	٤٨	(48)