﴿ وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍۢ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ ﴾

“Now there were in the city nine men who were wont to commit deeds of depravity all over the land, and would not reform;”

(And there were in the city nine persons) nine sinful people among the sons of their chieftains: Qaddar Ibn Salif, Masda' Ibn Dahw and their host (who made mischief in the land) through their transgressions (and reformed not) they did not enjoy righteousness nor practised it.