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Surah 18. Al-Kahf, Ayah 59

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وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

Watilka alqur a ahlakn a hum lamm a th alamoo wajaAAaln a limahlikihim mawAAid a n

as [was the case with all] those communities that We destroyed when they went on and on doing wrong:⁶⁶ for We had set a time-limit for their destruction.

- Mohammad Asad

All those nations whom We destroyed for their wrong doings were given respite and an appointed time for their destruction.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Those 'are the' societies We destroyed when they persisted in wrong,¹ and We had set a time for their destruction.

- Mustafa Khattab

And (all) those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong, and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Such were the populations We destroyed when they committed iniquities; but We fixed an appointed time for their destruction. ²⁴⁰³

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali