Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 59
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَـٰلِمُونَ
And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.
Al-Qasas · 28:59
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawas
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
- مُهْلِكَmuh'lika(the) one to destroy
- ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe towns
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يَبْعَثَyabʿathaHe (had) sent
- فِىٓfīin
- أُمِّهَاummihātheir mother (town)
- رَسُولًۭاrasūlana Messenger
- يَتْلُوا۟yatlūreciting
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
- ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚāyātināOur Verses
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كُنَّاkunnāWe would be
- مُهْلِكِىmuh'likī(the) one to destroy
- ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurāthe towns
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile their people
- ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna(were) wrongdoers
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