وَإِذَآ

أَرَدۡنَآ

أَن

نُّهۡلِكَ

قَرۡيَةً

أَمَرۡنَا

مُتۡرَفِيهَا

فَفَسَقُواْ

فِيهَا

فَحَقَّ

عَلَيۡهَا

ٱلۡقَوۡلُ

فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهَا

تَدۡمِيرٗا

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Whenever We intend to destroy a society, We command its elite ˹to obey Allah˺ but they act rebelliously in it. So the decree ˹of punishment˺ is justified, and We destroy it utterly.

˹Imagine˺ how many peoples We have destroyed after Noah! And sufficient is your Lord as All-Aware and All-Seeing of the sins of His servants.