Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:131

6:131

ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَـٰفِلُونَ

dhālika an lam yakun rabbuka muh'lika l-qurā biẓul'min wa-ahluhā ghāfilūna

That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.

— Saheeh International

your Lord would not destroy towns for their wrongdoing if they had not been warned.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

This is because your Lord would not destroy the (populations of) towns for their wrong-doing (i.e. associating others in worship along with Allâh) while their people were unaware (so the Messengers were sent).

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

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Word by Word

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is because)
أَنan[that]
لَّمْlamnot
يَكُنyakunis
رَّبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
مُهْلِكَmuh'likaone who destroys
ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities
بِظُلْمٍۢbiẓul'minfor (their) wrongdoing
وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile their people
غَـٰفِلُونَghāfilūna(are) unaware