Al-Israa 17:58 · The Night Journey · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"there is no community We shall not destroy, or punish severely, before the Day of Resurrection- this is written in the Book."

Pickthall (classic)+

"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)."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"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."

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

The Destruction or Torment of all Disbelieving Towns before the Hour begins

Here Allah tells us that He has decreed and it is written in Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet) which is with Him, that there is no town that He will not destroy by wiping out all its people or by punishing them,

عَذَاباً شَدِيداً

(with a severe torment.) either by killing them or sending calamities upon them as He wills. This will be because of their sins, as Allah says of the past nations:

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـهُمْ وَلَـكِن ظَلَمُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ

(We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves.) 11:101

فَذَاقَتْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهَا وَكَانَ عَـقِبَةُ أَمْرِهَا خُسْراً

(So it tasted the evil result of its affair (disbelief), and the consequence of its affair (disbelief) was loss.) 65:9

وَكَأِيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِ

(And many a town (population) revolted against the command of its Lord and His Messengers;) 65:8 and many Ayat.

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Среди городов и поселений, жители которых отказались уверовать в посланников, нет таких, которые бы Аллах не уничтожил до наступления Дня воскресения или не подверг суровому наказанию. Так записано в писании Аллаха, и предопределение Аллаха непременно сбудется. А это значит, что неверующие должны поспешить, чтобы покаяться перед Аллахом и уверовать в Его посланников до того, как их постигнет обещанное наказание.

Maʿārif al-Qur'ān

Mufti Shafi Usmani, English