Surah Hud — Verse 117

Hud · 11:117 · 117/123

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

Wama kana rabbuka liyuhlikaalqura bithulmin waahluha muslihoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

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

Your Lord would not destroy any town without cause if its people were acting righteously.

In truth thy Lord destroyed not the townships tyrannously while their folk were doing right.

Nor would thy Lord be the One to destroy communities for a single wrong-doing, if its members were likely to mend.

Your Lord is not such that He would destroy the towns unjustly while their people are good in their ways.

And your Lord would never destroy the towns wrongfully, while their people were right-doers.

And your Lord is not such as would wrongfully destroy human habitations while their inhabitants are righteous.