Surah Al-Hijr 15:4 — translation and meaning
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وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
Word by Word
وَمَا
wama
And not
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlakna
We destroyed
مِن
min
any
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
town
إِلَّا
illa
but
وَلَهَا
walaha
(there was) for it
كِتَابٌ
kitabun
a decree
مَّعْلُومٌ
ma'lumun
known
Transliteration
Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa wa lahaa kitaabum ma'loom
Translation
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
For each oppressive town that became destroyed, Allah already knew of its fixed time. The destruction will neither come before or after its time.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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