Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:117

11:117

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

wamā kāna rabbuka liyuh'lika l-qurā biẓul'min wa-ahluhā muṣ'liḥūna

And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.

— Saheeh International

Your Lord would not destroy any town without cause if its people were acting righteously.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And your Lord would never destroy the towns wrongfully, while their people were right-doers.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānawould
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
لِيُهْلِكَliyuh'likadestroy
ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities
بِظُلْمٍۢbiẓul'minunjustly
وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile its people
مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna(were) reformers