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Surah Al-Isra Verse 16

Quran 17:16 · The Night Journey · Meccan · Juz 15

17:16

Arabic

وَاِذَآ اَرَدْنَآ اَنْ نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً اَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيْهَا فَفَسَقُوْا فِيْهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنٰهَا تَدْمِيْرًا ۝١٦

Transliteration

Wa iżā arodnā an nuhlika qoryatan amarnā mutrofīhā fa fasaqū fīhā fa ḥaqqo ‘alaihal-qoulu fa dammarnāhā tadmīrō

Meaning

When We decide to destroy a town, We command its affluent ones, they transgress in it, so the word becomes justified against it, and We destroy it completely.

Surah Al-Isra verse 16 (Quran 17:16) is verse 16 of the 111 verses of Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey), a Meccan surah that is number 17 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 15.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).