Húd 11:116 فلولا كان من القرون من قبلكم اولو بقية ينهون عن الفساد في الارض الا قليلا ممن انجينا منهم واتبع الذين ظلموا ما اترفوا فيه وكانوا مجرمين ١١٦
فَلَوۡلَا
كَانَ
مِنَ
ٱلۡقُرُونِ
مِن
قَبۡلِكُمۡ
أُوْلُواْ
بَقِيَّةٖ
يَنۡهَوۡنَ
عَنِ
ٱلۡفَسَادِ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلٗا
مِّمَّنۡ
أَنجَيۡنَا
مِنۡهُمۡۗ
وَٱتَّبَعَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُواْ
مَآ
أُتۡرِفُواْ
فِيهِ
وَكَانُواْ
مُجۡرِمِينَ
١١٦
So why were there not1 among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
— Saheeh International
If only there had been among the ˹destroyed˺ peoples before you, ˹O believers,˺ virtuous individuals who forbade corruption in the land—other than the few We had saved ˹from the torment˺. But the wrongdoers ˹only˺ pursued their ˹worldly˺ pleasures, becoming wicked.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
There must be a Group of People Who forbid Lewdness
Allah, the Exalted, says that there should have been a group of wise people present among the past generations who called to good and forbade the evil and corruption that took place among them in the land. His statement,
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…There must be a Group of People Who forbid Lewdness
Allah, the Exalted, says that there should have been a group of wise people present among the past
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