Quran 17:16 — Al-Israa, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When We decide to destroy a town, We command those corrupted by wealth [to reform], but they [persist in their] disobedience; Our sentence is passed, and We destroy them utterly.
وَإِذَا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نُهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْمِيرًا
wa-idhā aradnā an nuh'lika qaryatan amarnā mut'rafīhā fafasaqū fīhā faḥaqqa ʿalayhā l-qawlu fadammarnāhā tadmīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We desire to destroy a city, We command its men who live at ease, and they commit ungodliness therein, then the Word is realized against it, and We destroy it utterly.
- Muhammad Asad
- But when [this has been done, and] it is Our will to destroy a community, We convey Our last warning to those of its people who have lost themselves entirely in the pursuit of pleasures; and [if] they [continue to] act sinfully, the sentence [of doom] passed on the community takes effect, and We break it to smithereens.
- Sahih International
- And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word [i.e., deserved decree] comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَآwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | أَرَدْنَآaradnā | We intend | رود |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | نُّهْلِكَnuh'lika | We destroy | هلك |
| 5 | قَرْيَةًqaryatan | a town | قري |
| 6 | أَمَرْنَاamarnā | We order | أمر |
| 7 | مُتْرَفِيهَاmut'rafīhā | its wealthy people | ترف |
| 8 | فَفَسَقُوا۟fafasaqū | but they defiantly disobey | فسق |
| 9 | فِيهَاfīhā | therein | — |
| 10 | فَحَقَّfaḥaqqa | so (is) proved true | حقق |
| 11 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | against it | — |
| 12 | ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawlu | the word | قول |
| 13 | فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَاfadammarnāhā | and We destroy it | دمر |
| 14 | تَدْمِيرًۭاtadmīran | (with) destruction | دمر |