Tafheem-ul-Quran (En) - Al-Hajj : 45
فَكَاَیِّنْ مِّنْ قَرْیَةٍ اَهْلَكْنٰهَا وَ هِیَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِیَ خَاوِیَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوْشِهَا وَ بِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَّ قَصْرٍ مَّشِیْدٍ
How many towns have We destroyed because their people were steeped in iniquity: 90 so they lie fallen down upon their turrets! How many wells lie deserted; and how many towering palaces lie in ruins!
90. In Arabic a well is synonymous with a habitation. Thus“many a wells”means“many a habitation has been destroyed”.
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