Surah Al-Isra 17:58 — translation and meaning

الإسراء · Verse 58 / 111 · Page 287

ۚ وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًا

Word by Word

ۚ
وَإِن
wa-in
And not
مِّن
min
(is) any
قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin
town
إِلَّا
illa
but
نَحْنُ
nahnu
We
مُهْلِكُوهَا
muh'likuha
(will) destroy it
قَبْلَ
qabla
before
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(the) Day
الْقِيَامَةِ
al-qiyamati
(of) the Resurrection
أَوْ
aw
or
مُعَذِّبُوهَا
mu'adhibuha
punish it
عَذَابًا
adhaban
with a punishment
شَدِيدًا
shadidan
severe
كَانَ
kana
That is
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
That is
فِي
fi
in
الْكِتَابِ
al-kitabi
the Book
مَسْطُورًا
masturan
written

Transliteration

Wa im min qaryatin illaa Nahnu muhlikoohaa qabla Yawmil Qiyaamati aw mu'az ziboohaa 'azaaban shadeedaa; kaana zaalika fil Kitaabi mastooraa

Translation

And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And there is no town or city except I will send upon it punishment and destruction in this worldly life due to their disbelief, or afflict it with a mighty punishment such as being killed, due to their disbelief. This destruction and punishment is a divine decree written in the Preserved Tablet.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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