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Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 58

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وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَسْطُورًا Qur’an Al-Israa (17:58)
Wain min qaryatin ill a na h nu muhlikooh a qabla yawmi alqiy a mati aw muAAa thth ibooh a AAa tha ban shadeedan k a na tha lika fee alkit a bi mas t oor a n
And [bear in mind:] there is no community which We will not destroy before the Day of Resurrection,69 or chastise [even earlier, if it proves sinful,] with suffering severe: all this is laid down in Our decree.70
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad

Lit., "in the decree" - i.e., in accordance with the immutable laws which God has laid down for His creation.

I.e., since everything in this world is ephemeral and bound to perish, man ought to be conscious of the life to come.

There is not a town but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment; this fact has been recorded in the Eternal Record.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
There is not a 'wicked' society that We will not destroy or punish with a severe torment before the Day of Judgment. That is written in the Record.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab
There is not a township but We shall destroy it ere the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with dire punishment. That is set forth in the Book (of Our decrees).
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the (eternal) Record. 2244
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

These verses are a commentary on the last clause of the last verse. "The Wrath of thy Lord is something to take heed of." The godless thoughtlessly challenge Allah's Wrath, but do they realise its nature? Even the best of us must be moved with terror when we think of its consequences, were it not for His unbounded Mercy. Those who deny the Hereafter fail to realise its terrible Portents. They ask for Portents and Miracles now, but do they realise that their coming means destruction and misery to those who reject faith? They will come soon enough. The whole world will be convulsed before the Day of Judgment. The part of the wise is to prepare for it.

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