Quran 11:117 — Hud, verse 117
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord would not destroy any town without cause if its people were acting righteously.
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
wamā kāna rabbuka liyuh'lika l-qurā biẓul'min wa-ahluhā muṣ'liḥūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet thy Lord would never destroy the cities unjustly, while as yet their people were putting things right.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, never would thy Sustainer destroy a community for wrong [beliefs alone] so long as its people behave righteously [towards one another].
- Sahih International
- And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | would | كون |
| 3 | رَبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord | ربب |
| 4 | لِيُهْلِكَliyuh'lika | destroy | هلك |
| 5 | ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā | the cities | قري |
| 6 | بِظُلْمٍۢbiẓul'min | unjustly | ظلم |
| 7 | وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhā | while its people | أهل |
| 8 | مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna | (were) reformers | صلح |