The Cattle
6. Al-'Anʿām
الأنعام
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ذَلِكَ
أَن
لَّمْ
يَكُن
رَّبُّكَ
مُهْلِكَ
الْقُرَى
بِظُلْمٍ
وَأَهْلُهَا
غَافِلُونَ
dhālika ʾan lam yakun rabbuka muhlika l-qurā bi-ẓulmin wa-ʾahluhā ghāfilūna
(The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned.
— Abdullah Yusufali
This is because your Lord would never destroy the towns unjustly while their people were unaware.
