سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ

Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 131

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ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَـٰفِلُونَ ﴿131﴾
This is because your Lord would not destroy the (populations of) towns for their wrong-doing (i.e. associating others in worship along with Allâh) while their people were unaware (so the Messengers were sent).
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That (is because)
أَن an [that]
لَّمْ lam not
يَكُن yakun is
رَّبُّكَ rabbuka your Lord
مُهْلِكَ muh'lika one who destroys
ٱلْقُرَىٰ l-qurā the cities
بِظُلْمٍۢ biẓul'min for (their) wrongdoing
وَأَهْلُهَا wa-ahluhā while their people
غَـٰفِلُونَ ghāfilūna (are) unaware

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(Ayah 131){ ذٰلِكَ اَنْ لَّمْ يَكُنْ رَّبُّكَ:} That is, no prophet or his deputy had reached them and informed them of the reality of the matter. See Surah Bani Isra'il (15).

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131. 1. That is, He does not destroy (a people) until He establishes His proof through the messengers, as this same point has been mentioned in Surah Fatir, verse 42; Surah Nahl 62; Surah Bani Isra'il 15; and Surah Mulk 8, 9, etc.

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131. This testimony will be so because your Lord does not destroy towns unjustly while their people are unaware [139].

[139] It is not Allah’s way to destroy people in this world or punish them in the Hereafter without warning them of the consequences of their sins. That is why Allah sent countless prophets for the guidance of people and to warn them, and in one place in the Quran He said: ﴿وَاِنْ مِّنْ اُمَّةٍ اِلَّا خَلَا فِيْهَا نَذِيْرٌ﴾ meaning, there is no town but that a warner was sent to it. And these warners were for both jinn and humans. Then, whoever responded to the call of these prophets and performed righteous deeds, each will be granted ranks according to his deeds.