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Quran 11:117

Surah Hud, Verse 117

Juz 12 · Page 234 · Ruku 192 · Meccan

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

Word by word

وَمَا wamā And not كَانَ kāna would رَبُّكَ rabbuka your Lord لِيُهْلِكَ liyuh'lika destroy ٱلْقُرَىٰ l-qurā the cities بِظُلْمٍۢ biẓul'min unjustly وَأَهْلُهَا wa-ahluhā while its people مُصْلِحُونَ muṣ'liḥūna (were) reformers

Transliteration

Wama kana rabbuka liyuhlikaalqura bithulmin waahluha muslihoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم أخبر تعالى أنه لم يهلك قرية إلا وهي ظالمة [ لنفسها ] ولم يأت قرية مصلحة بأسه وعذابه قط حتى يكونوا هم الظالمين ، كما قال تعالى : ( وما ظلمناهم ولكن ظلموا أنفسهم ) [ هود : 101 ] ، وقال ( وما ربك بظلام للعبيد ) [ فصلت : 46 ] .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.