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And how many (ka-ayyin means kam) a town - by which is meant the inhabitants thereof - mightier in power than your town, Mecca - that is to say, its inhabitants - which expelled you (akhrajatka [is feminine despite the plural sense of inhabitants meant is because it] takes into account the [feminine] form of qarya, 'town'), have We destroyed (ahlaknāhum takes into account the former [plural] import of qarya, 'town'), and they had none to help them, against Our destruction [of them].