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Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 59
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَـٰلِمُونَ ﴿59﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And never will your Lord destroy the towns (populations) until He sends to their mother town a Messenger reciting to them Our Verses. And never would We destroy the towns unless the people thereof are Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, oppressors and tyrants).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
was
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
مُهْلِكَ
muh'lika
(the) one to destroy
ٱلْقُرَىٰ
l-qurā
the towns
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَبْعَثَ
yabʿatha
He (had) sent
فِىٓ
fī
in
أُمِّهَا
ummihā
their mother (town)
رَسُولًۭا
rasūlan
a Messenger
يَتْلُوا۟
yatlū
reciting
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
to them
ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚ
āyātinā
Our Verses
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كُنَّا
kunnā
We would be
مُهْلِكِى
muh'likī
(the) one to destroy
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
l-qurā
the towns
إِلَّا
illā
except
وَأَهْلُهَا
wa-ahluhā
while their people
ظَـٰلِمُونَ
ẓālimūna
(were) wrongdoers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
59-1. That is, He does not destroy anyone without completing the argument; not every small or large region received a prophet, rather, prophets have come to central locations, and the smaller regions have come under their influence.
59-2. That is, after sending a prophet, if the people of that town did not believe and continued to persist in disbelief and polytheism, then they were destroyed. The same subject is also mentioned in (وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِـيُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰي بِظُلْمٍ وَّاَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُوْنَ) 11. Hud:117).
59-2. That is, after sending a prophet, if the people of that town did not believe and continued to persist in disbelief and polytheism, then they were destroyed. The same subject is also mentioned in (وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِـيُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰي بِظُلْمٍ وَّاَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُوْنَ) 11. Hud:117).
