Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayat 58
وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًۭا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًۭا
Dan tiada sesebuah negeri pun melainkan Kami akan membinasakannya sebelum hari kiamat, atau Kami menyeksa penduduknya dengan azab seksa yang berat; yang demikian itu adalah tertulis di dalam Kitab (Lauh Mahfuz).
wa-in min qaryatin illā naḥnu muh'likūhā qabla yawmi l-qiyāmati aw muʿadhibūhā ʿadhāban shadīdan kāna dhālika fī l-kitābi masṭūran
Perkataan demi perkataan
- وَإِن wa-in And not
- مِّن min (is) any
- قَرْيَةٍ qaryatin town
- إِلَّا illā but
- نَحْنُ naḥnu We
- مُهْلِكُوهَا muh'likūhā (will) destroy it
- قَبْلَ qabla before
- يَوْمِ yawmi (the) Day
- ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection
- أَوْ aw or
- مُعَذِّبُوهَا muʿadhibūhā punish it
- عَذَابًۭا ʿadhāban with a punishment
- شَدِيدًۭا ۚ shadīdan severe
- كَانَ kāna That is
- ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That is
- فِى fī in
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ l-kitābi the Book
- مَسْطُورًۭا masṭūran written
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Destruction or Torment of all Disbelieving Towns before the Hour begins
Here Allah tells us that He has decreed and it is written in Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet) which is with Him, that there is no town that He will not destroy by wiping out all its people or by punishing them,
(with a severe torment.) either by killing them or sending calamities upon them as He wills. This will be because of their sins, as Allah says of the past nations:
(We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves.) 11:101
(So it tasted the evil result of its affair (disbelief), and the consequence of its affair (disbelief) was loss.) 65:9
(And many a town (population) revolted against the command of its Lord and His Messengers;) 65:8 and many Ayat.