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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 59of 110

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًۭا﴿٥٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

Word-by-word meaning

وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā[the] towns
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
لَمَّاlammāwhen
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūthey wronged
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
لِمَهْلِكِهِمlimahlikihimfor their destruction
مَّوْعِدًۭاmawʿidanan appointed time

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Worst People are Those Who turn away after being remindedAllah says, `Who among My creatures does more wrong than one who is reminded of the signs of Allah then turns away from them,' i.e., ignores them and does not listen or pay attention to them.وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ(forgetting what his hands have sent forth.) means, bad deeds and evil actions.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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