وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ بِظُلۡمٖ وَأَهۡلُهَا مُصۡلِحُونَ ١١٧
And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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Each word's meaning and sound
- وَمَاAnd notwamā
- كَانَwouldkāna
- رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
- لِيُهۡلِكَdestroyliyuh'lika
- ٱلۡقُرَىٰthe citiesl-qurā
- بِظُلۡمٖunjustlybiẓul'min
- وَأَهۡلُهَاwhile its peoplewa-ahluhā
- مُصۡلِحُونَ(were) reformersmuṣ'liḥūna
Tafsir
Your Lord, O Messenger, would not destroy any town if its inhabitants were acting correctly on earth. He would only destroy it if the inhabitants were causing corruption by disbelief, disobedience and sins.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran