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Surah Hud, ayah 117

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.

Hud · 11:117

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  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كَانَkānawould
  3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
  4. لِيُهْلِكَliyuh'likadestroy
  5. ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities
  6. بِظُلْمٍۢbiẓul'minunjustly
  7. وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile its people
  8. مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna(were) reformers

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