Study Mode · Ayah 6:131
Surah Al-An'am · 6:131
ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ
Zaalika al lam yakkur Rabbuka muhlikal quraa bizulminw wa ahluhaa ghaafiloon
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English translations
Saheeh International
That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.
Yusuf Ali
(The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned.
Pickthall
This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).