Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:95

21:95

وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

waḥarāmun ʿalā qaryatin ahlaknāhā annahum lā yarjiʿūna

And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return

— Saheeh International

No community destroyed by Us can escape its return,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And a ban is laid on every town (population) which We have destroyed that they shall not return (to this world again, nor repent to Us).

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

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Word by Word

وَحَرَٰمٌwaḥarāmunAnd (there is) prohibition
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
قَرْيَةٍqaryatina city
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآahlaknāhāwhich We have destroyed
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
لَاlānot
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnawill return