Surah Al-Hijr — Verse 4

The Rocky Tract · 15:4 · 4/99

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illawalaha kitabun maAAloom

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time;

Marmaduke Pickthall

And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

We did not destroy any town without having a pre-determined time for it.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Whenever We destroyed a town, a definite term had previously been decreed for it.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And never have We destroyed any community [for its wrongdoing] unless a divine writ had (previously] been made known to it;