وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبْعَثَ فِىٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولًۭا يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا ۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهْلِكِى ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهْلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ
Translation
Sahih International
And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses. And We would not destroy the cities except while their people were wrongdoers.
Word-by-Word Translation
وَمَا
And not
كَانَ
was
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
مُهْلِكَ
(the) one to destroy
ٱلْقُرَىٰ
the towns
حَتَّىٰ
until
يَبْعَثَ
He (had) sent
فِىٓ
in
أُمِّهَا
their mother (town)
رَسُولًۭا
a Messenger
يَتْلُوا۟
reciting
عَلَيْهِمْ
to them
ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚ
Our Verses
وَمَا
And not
كُنَّا
We would be
مُهْلِكِى
(the) one to destroy
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ
the towns
إِلَّا
except
وَأَهْلُهَا
while their people
ظَـٰلِمُونَ
(were) wrongdoers
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