Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:58

17:58

وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَسْطُورًا

wa-in min qaryatin illā naḥnu muh'likūhā qabla yawmi l-qiyāmati aw muʿadhibūhā ʿadhāban shadīdan kāna dhālika fī l-kitābi masṭūran

And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed.

— Saheeh International

there is no community We shall not destroy, or punish severely, before the Day of Resurrection- this is written in the Book.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And there is not a town (population) but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe torment. That is written in the Book (of Our Decrees)

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

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وَإِنwa-inAnd not
مِّنmin(is) any
قَرْيَةٍqaryatintown
إِلَّاillābut
نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
مُهْلِكُوهَاmuh'likūhā(will) destroy it
قَبْلَqablabefore
يَوْمِyawmi(the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
أَوْawor
مُعَذِّبُوهَاmuʿadhibūhāpunish it
عَذَابًۭاʿadhābanwith a punishment
شَدِيدًۭاۚshadīdansevere
كَانَkānaThat is
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat is
فِىfīin
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
مَسْطُورًۭاmasṭūranwritten