Surah Al-Kahf 18:59 — translation and meaning
الكهف · Verse 59 / 110 · Page 300
وَتِلْكَ الْقُرَى أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا
Word by Word
وَتِلْكَ
watil'ka
And these
الْقُرَى
al-qura
[the] towns
أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ
ahlaknahum
We destroyed them
لَمَّا
lamma
when
ظَلَمُوا
zalamu
they wronged
وَجَعَلْنَا
waja'alna
and We made
لِمَهْلِكِهِم
limahlikihim
for their destruction
مَّوْعِدًا
maw'idan
an appointed time
Transliteration
Wa tkal quraaa ahlak nahum lammaa zulamoo wa ja'alnaa limahlikihim maw'idaa
Translation
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Those disbelieving towns close to you such as the towns of the people of Hud, Salih and Shuayb —I destroyed them when they wronged themselves by disbelief and sins, and I set for their destruction an appointed time.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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