The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
al-Isrā’ (The Night Journey)
ٱلْإِسْرَاء
17:16
وَإِذَا
أَرَدْنَا
أَن
نُّهْلِكَ
قَرْيَةً
أَمَرْنَا
مُتْرَفِيهَا
فَفَسَقُوا
فِيهَا
فَحَقَّ
عَلَيْهَا
الْقَوْلُ
فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا
تَدْمِيرًا
wa-ʾidhā ʾaradnā ʾan nuhlika qaryatan ʾamarnā mutrafīhā fa-fasaqū fīhā fa-ḥaqqa ʿalayhā l-qawlu fa-dammarnāhā tadmīran
When We decide to destroy a town We warn the rich ones therein who commit evil. Thus it becomes deserving to destruction and We destroy its very foundations.