Surah Al-Kahf — Verse 59
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وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا
Watilka alqura ahlaknahum lammathalamoo wajaAAalna limahlikihim mawAAida
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
[just like] the former communities We destroyed for doing wrong: We set an appointed time for their destruction.
Marmaduke Pickthall
And (all) those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong, and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Such were the populations we destroyed when they committed iniquities; but we fixed an appointed time for their destruction.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
These are the towns that We destroyed when they (i.e. their people) transgressed, and We had appointed a time for their destruction.
Al-Hilali & Khan
And these towns (population, - ‘Âd, Thamûd) We destroyed them when they did wrong. And We appointed a fixed time for their destruction.
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
All the townships afflicted with scourge are before your eyes. When they committed wrong, We destroyed them. For the destruction of each We had set a definite term.