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18:59
وتلك القرى اهلكناهم لما ظلموا وجعلنا لمهلكهم موعدا ٥٩
وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًۭا ٥٩
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Those ˹are the˺ societies We destroyed when they persisted in wrong,1 and We had set a time for their destruction.
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لمهلكهم
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
Ibn Kathīr
Makkah
Khalaf
Kufah
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Basrah
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Kufah
Yaʿqūb
Basrah
ʿĀṣim
Kufah
Readings
لِمَهْلِكِهِمْ
li-mahlikihim
لِمَهْلَكِهِمْ
li-mahlakihim
لِمُهْلَكِهِمْ
li-muhlakihim
“their destruction”

Explanation

These readings represent linguistic options for this verbal noun (the first two based on form I, and the third based on form IV), and are identical in meaning [Makki].

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran