Quran 21:95 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 95
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
No community destroyed by Us can escape its return,
وَحَرَامٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ
waḥarāmun ʿalā qaryatin ahlaknāhā annahum lā yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is a ban upon any city that We have destroyed; they shall not return
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, it has been unfailingly true of any community whom We have ever destroyed that they [were people who] would never turn back [from their sinful ways]
- Sahih International
- And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَحَرَٰمٌwaḥarāmun | And (there is) prohibition | حرم |
| 2 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 3 | قَرْيَةٍqaryatin | a city | قري |
| 4 | أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآahlaknāhā | which We have destroyed | هلك |
| 5 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 6 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 7 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | will return | رجع |