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Ayah
Word by Word
وَمَآ
And not
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
We destroyed
مِن
any
قَرۡيَةٍ
town
إِلَّا
but
وَلَهَا
(there was) for it
كِتَابٞ
a decree
مَّعۡلُومٞ
known
وَمَآ
And not
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
We destroyed
مِن
any
قَرۡيَةٍ
town
إِلَّا
but
وَلَهَا
(there was) for it
كِتَابٞ
a decree
مَّعۡلُومٞ
known
Translation
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
Tafsir
And We did not destroy any town (min qaryatin: min is extra), meaning, its inhabitants, but that it had a known decree, a [pre-]determined term, after which it would be destroyed.
Every Township has its allotted Time
Allah says:
وَمَا أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلاَّ وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعۡلُومٌ
مَّا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَأۡخِرُونَ
And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it. No nation can advance its term, nor delay it.
Allah is informing that He never destroys a township until He has established evidences for it and its allotted time has ended. When the time for a nation's destruction has come, He never delays it, and He never moves its appointed time forward.
This was a message and a warning to the people of Makkah, telling them to give up their Shirk, their stubbornness and disbelief for which they deserved to be destroyed.
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