Surah Al-An'am — Verse 131
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ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَـٰفِلُونَ
Thalika an lam yakun rabbuka muhlikaalqura bithulmin waahluha ghafiloon
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
your Lord would not destroy towns for their wrongdoing if they had not been warned.
Marmaduke Pickthall
This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
(The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
That (Allah sends messengers) is because your Lord is not to destroy any towns on account of any wrongdoing, while their people are unaware.
Al-Hilali & Khan
This is because your Lord would not destroy the (populations of) towns for their wrong-doing (i.e. associating others in worship along with Allâh) while their people were unaware (so the Messengers were sent).
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
(They will be made to bear this witness to show that) it is not the way of your Lord to destroy cities unjustly while their people were unaware of the Truth.