Quran 18:59 — Al-Kahf, verse 59
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[just like] the former communities We destroyed for doing wrong: We set an appointed time for their destruction.
وَتِلْكَ الْقُرَىٰ أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِمْ مَوْعِدًا
watil'ka l-qurā ahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū wajaʿalnā limahlikihim mawʿidan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those cities, We destroyed them when they did evil, and appointed for their destruction a tryst.
- Muhammad Asad
- as [was the case with all] those communities that We destroyed when they went on and on doing wrong: for We had set a time-limit for their destruction.
- Sahih International
- And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَتِلْكَwatil'ka | And these | — |
| 2 | ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā | [the] towns | قري |
| 3 | أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhum | We destroyed them | هلك |
| 4 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 5 | ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū | they wronged | ظلم |
| 6 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | and We made | جعل |
| 7 | لِمَهْلِكِهِمlimahlikihim | for their destruction | هلك |
| 8 | مَّوْعِدًۭاmawʿidan | an appointed time | وعد |