Quran 28:59 — Al-Qasas, verse 59
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord would never destroy towns without first raising a messenger in their midst to recite Our messages to them, nor would We destroy towns unless their inhabitants were evildoers.
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِي أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِنَا ۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِي الْقُرَىٰ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَالِمُونَ
wamā kāna rabbuka muh'lika l-qurā ḥattā yabʿatha fī ummihā rasūlan yatlū ʿalayhim āyātinā wamā kunnā muh'likī l-qurā illā wa-ahluhā ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet thy Lord never destroyed the cities until He sent in their mother-city a Messenger, to recite Our signs unto them; and We never destroyed the cities, save that their inhabitants were evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet, withal, thy Sustainer would never destroy a community without having [first] raised in its midst an apostle who would convey unto them Our messages; and never would We destroy a community unless its people are wont to do wrong [to one another].
- Sahih International
- And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother [i.e., principal city] a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 3 | رَبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord | ربب |
| 4 | مُهْلِكَmuh'lika | (the) one to destroy | هلك |
| 5 | ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā | the towns | قري |
| 6 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 7 | يَبْعَثَyabʿatha | He (had) sent | بعث |
| 8 | فِىٓfī | in | — |
| 9 | أُمِّهَاummihā | their mother (town) | أمم |
| 10 | رَسُولًۭاrasūlan | a Messenger | رسل |
| 11 | يَتْلُوا۟yatlū | reciting | تلو |
| 12 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 13 | ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚāyātinā | Our Verses | أيي |
| 14 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 15 | كُنَّاkunnā | We would be | كون |
| 16 | مُهْلِكِىmuh'likī | (the) one to destroy | هلك |
| 17 | ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā | the towns | قري |
| 18 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 19 | وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhā | while their people | أهل |
| 20 | ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna | (were) wrongdoers | ظلم |