Surah Hud 11:117 — translation and meaning
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وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرَى بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
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وَمَا
wama
And not
كَانَ
kana
would
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
لِيُهْلِكَ
liyuh'lika
destroy
الْقُرَى
al-qura
the cities
بِظُلْمٍ
bizul'min
unjustly
وَأَهْلُهَا
wa-ahluha
while its people
مُصْلِحُونَ
mus'lihuna
(were) reformers
Transliteration
Wa maa kaana Rabbuka liyuhlikal quraa bizulminw wa ahluhaa muslihoon
Translation
And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Your Lord, O Messenger, would not destroy any town if its inhabitants were acting correctly on earth. He would only destroy it if the inhabitants were causing corruption by disbelief, disobedience and sins.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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