Quran › 17. Al-Isra › Ayah 16
Quran 17:16 Al-Isra, ayah 16 of 111
Meccan · Juz 15 · Hizb 29 · Page 283
Arabic: Uthmani script simple (imla'i) script . English: The meaning of the Quran in English: Pickthall , a translation of meaning.
وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَا تَدْمِيرًا ١٦
17:16 And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk who live at ease, and afterward they commit abomination therein, and so the Word (of doom) hath effect for it, and we annihilate it with complete annihilation.
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English: the meaning of the Quran by Marmaduke Pickthall (1930, public domain), from Tanzil's en.pickthall file. Surah, juz, hizb, page and sajdah data: Tanzil Quran Metadata (CC BY). Sources & licences
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