Quran 6:131 — Al-An'aam, verse 131
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
your Lord would not destroy towns for their wrongdoing if they had not been warned.
ذَٰلِكَ أَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ
dhālika an lam yakun rabbuka muh'lika l-qurā biẓul'min wa-ahluhā ghāfilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That is because thy Lord would never destroy the cities unjustly, while their inhabitants were heedless.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so it is that thy Sustainer would never destroy a community for its wrongdoing so long as its people are still unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]:
- Sahih International
- That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That (is because) | — |
| 2 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 3 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 4 | يَكُنyakun | is | كون |
| 5 | رَّبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord | ربب |
| 6 | مُهْلِكَmuh'lika | one who destroys | هلك |
| 7 | ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurā | the cities | قري |
| 8 | بِظُلْمٍۢbiẓul'min | for (their) wrongdoing | ظلم |
| 9 | وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhā | while their people | أهل |
| 10 | غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna | (are) unaware | غفل |