وَتِلۡكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُواْ وَجَعَلۡنَا لِمَهۡلِكِهِم مَّوۡعِدٗا ٥٩
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَتِلۡكَAnd thesewatil'ka
- ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ[the] townsl-qurā
- أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡWe destroyed themahlaknāhum
- لَمَّاwhenlammā
- ظَلَمُواْthey wrongedẓalamū
- وَجَعَلۡنَاand We madewajaʿalnā
- لِمَهۡلِكِهِمfor their destructionlimahlikihim
- مَّوۡعِدٗاan appointed timemawʿidan
Tafsir
Those disbelieving towns close to you such as the towns of the people of Hud, Salih and Shuayb —I destroyed them when they wronged themselves by disbelief and sins, and I set for their destruction an appointed time.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran