15:4

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

Word by word

وَمَآ

And not

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix

مَآPreposition — negative

أَهْلَكْنَا

We destroyed

Verb

Root: هلك

Grammar (i'rab)

أَهْلَكْVerb — perfect، 1st plur.

نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.

مِن

any

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

مِنPreposition — preposition

قَرْيَةٍ

town

Noun

Root: قري

Grammar (i'rab)

قَرْيَةٍNoun — feminine، indefinite، genitive

إِلَّا

but

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

إِلَّاPreposition — restriction

وَلَهَا

(there was) for it

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix

لَPreposition — preposition، prefix

هَاNoun — pronoun، 3rd fem. sing.

كِتَابٌ

a decree

Noun

Root: كتب

Grammar (i'rab)

كِتَابٌNoun — masculine، indefinite، nominative

مَّعْلُومٌ

known

Noun

Root: علم

Grammar (i'rab)

مَّعْلُومٌNoun — passive participle، masculine، indefinite، nominative

Translation

Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

Yok ettiğimiz herhangi bir kasabanın elbette belli bir yazısı vardır.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Biz hiçbir memleketi (Allah katında) bilinen bir zamanı olmaksızın helak etmedik.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Helak ettiğimiz hiçbir şehir yoktur ki hakkında (bizce) bilinen (belirlenmiş) bir yasa olmasın.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

وإذا طلبوا نزول العذاب بهم تكذيبًا لك -أيها الرسول- فإنا لا نُهْلك قرية إلا ولإهلاكها أجل مقدَّر، لا نُهْلكهم حتى يبلغوه، مثل مَن سبقهم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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