وَمَا
كَانَ
رَبُّكَ
مُهۡلِكَ
ٱلۡقُرَىٰ
حَتَّىٰ
يَبۡعَثَ
فِيٓ
أُمِّهَا
رَسُولٗا
يَتۡلُواْ
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
ءَايَٰتِنَاۚ
وَمَا
كُنَّا
مُهۡلِكِي
ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ
إِلَّا
وَأَهۡلُهَا
ظَٰلِمُونَ
٥٩
Olúwa rẹ kò sì níí pa àwọn ìlú run (ní àsìkò tìrẹ yìí) títí Ó fi máa gbé Òjíṣẹ́ kan dìde nínú Olú-ìlú-ayé (ìyẹn, ìlú Mọkkah, ẹni tí) yóò máa ké àwọn āyah Wa fún wọn. (Ó sì ti ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀.) A ò sì níí pa àwọn ìlú (yìí) run sẹ́ àfi kí àwọn ara ibẹ̀ jẹ́ alábòsí.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Destruction of Towns, which are not destroyed until Evidence is established against Them
Referring to the people of Makkah, Allah says:
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا
(And how many a town have We destroyed, which was thankless for its means of livelihood!) They were arrogant
…The Destruction of Towns, which are not destroyed until Evidence is established against Them
Referring to the people of Makkah, Allah says:
وَكَمْ أَهْل
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