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Al-Isra 17:16 واذا اردنا ان نهلك قرية امرنا مترفيها ففسقوا فيها فحق عليها القول فدمرناها تدميرا ١٦

17:16
وَإِذَآ
أَرَدۡنَآ
أَن
نُّهۡلِكَ
قَرۡيَةً
أَمَرۡنَا
مُتۡرَفِيهَا
فَفَسَقُواْ
فِيهَا
فَحَقَّ
عَلَيۡهَا
ٱلۡقَوۡلُ
فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهَا
تَدۡمِيرٗا
١٦
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.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Meanings of Amarna

The commentators differed over the meaning of this word. It was said that the phrase translated here as "Amarna those who live luxuriously. Then, they transgress therein" means, "We send Our decree upon them" as Allah says elsewhere:

أَتَاهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلاً أَوْ نَهَارًا

(Our decr

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Meanings of Amarna

The commentators differed over the meaning of this word. It was said that the phrase translated here as "Amarna those who live luxur

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Chapter 17, Page 283, Juz 15

15. Whoever chooses to be guided, it is only for their own good. And whoever chooses to stray, it is only to their own loss. No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another. And We would never punish ˹a people˺ until We have sent a messenger ˹to warn them˺. 16. 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. 17. ˹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.

- Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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