Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(How many a township) how many population of townships (have We destroyed) with chastisement (while it was sinful) while their populations were idolaters and disbelievers, (so that it lieth (to this day) in) so they remain demolished until today, (and (how many) a deserted well) and how many wells have been destroyed by their owners such that no one uses them anymore (and lofty tower!) and how many massive towers which exist but which are uninhabited!
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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