Surah Al-An'am 6:131 — translation and meaning
الأنعام · Verse 131 / 165 · Page 144
ذَلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَى بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ
Word by Word
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That (is because)
أَن
an
[that]
لَّمْ
lam
not
يَكُن
yakun
is
رَّبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
مُهْلِكَ
muh'lika
one who destroys
الْقُرَى
al-qura
the cities
بِظُلْمٍ
bizul'min
for their wrongdoing
وَأَهْلُهَا
wa-ahluha
while their people
غَافِلُونَ
ghafiluna
(are) unaware
Transliteration
Zaalika al lam yakkur Rabbuka muhlikal quraa bizulminw wa ahluhaa ghaafiloon
Translation
That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
The reason for sending messengers to mankind and jinn is so that no one is punished for the crimes they committed without a messenger having been sent to warn them and the invitation reaching them. I only punished a nation after sending messengers to them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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