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وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

watil'ka l-qurā ahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū wajaʿalnā limahlikihim mawʿidan

And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

— Saheeh International

[just like] the former communities We destroyed for doing wrong: We set an appointed time for their destruction.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And these towns (population, - ‘Âd, Thamûd) We destroyed them when they did wrong. And We appointed a fixed time for their destruction.

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

Word by Word

وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these

ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā[the] towns

أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhumWe destroyed them

لَمَّاlammāwhen

ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūthey wronged

وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made

لِمَهْلِكِهِمlimahlikihimfor their destruction

مَّوْعِدًۭاmawʿidanan appointed time