Al-Hijr 15:4
The Rock · ayah 4 of 99
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ
Wama ahlakna min qaryatin illawalaha kitabun maAAloom
"And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time;"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand."