The Quran

سورة الاٴنعَام

Surah Al-An‘âm 6:131

The Cattle · Verse 131 of 165

ذَٰلِكَ أَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

This (sending of the Messengers) is because your Lord destroys no township unjustly whilst their inhabitants are unwarned.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned.

Ahmed Ali

And this (so that it may be clear) that your Lord does not destroy towns and cities arbitrarily while the citizens remain unaware.

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Ali Unal

Clearly it is not the way of your Lord that He would destroy lands unjustly without their people being warned (beforehand of the consequence of their way of life) and therefore unmindful (of the distinctions between right and wrong, truth and falsehood).

Daryabadi

This is because thy Lord is not one to destroy a town for its wrong-doing while its people are unaware.

Faridul Haque

This is because your Lord does not unjustly destroy townships for their people may be unaware.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

This is because thy Lord would not destroy towns unjustly while their people are negligent.

Maulvi Sher Ali

The Messengers are sent because thy Lord would not destroy the towns unjustly while their people were unwarned.

Muhammad Asad

And so it is that thy Sustainer would never destroy a community for its wrongdoing so long as its people are still unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]:

Muhammad Musin Khan

This is because your Lord would not destroy the (populations of) towns for their wrong-doing (i.e. associating others in worship along with Allah) while their people were unaware (so the Messengers were sent).

Muhammad Pickthall

This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).

Muhammad Sarwar

Your Lord did not want to destroy the towns, unjustly, without informing their inhabitants (of His guidance).

Muhammed ali Shakir

This is because your Lord would not destroy towns unjustly while their people were negligent.

Rashad Khalifa

This is to show that your Lord never annihilates any community unjustly, while its people are unaware.

Shabbir Ahmed

And so it is that your Lord never destroys communities while their people are unaware of their wrongdoings.