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Al-Anbya 95

Ayah 95 of 112 · Meccan

وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُونَ ٩٥

And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 They cannot return to this world, nor can they repent to Allāh.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَحَرَٰمٌAnd (there is) prohibitionwaḥarāmun
  2. عَلَىٰuponʿalā
  3. قَرۡيَةٍa cityqaryatin
  4. أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآwhich We have destroyedahlaknāhā
  5. أَنَّهُمۡthat theyannahum
  6. لَاnotlā
  7. يَرۡجِعُونَwill returnyarjiʿūna

Tafsir

It is impossible for the people of a village I destroyed due to their disbelief that they return to the world to repent, and that I accept their repentance.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran