Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 59 (18:59)

ٱلْكَهْف

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

Quran 18:59 is ayah 59 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 300 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:59
وَتِلْكَٱلْقُرَىٰٓأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْلَمَّاظَلَمُوا۟وَجَعَلْنَالِمَهْلِكِهِممَّوْعِدًا٥٩
watil'ka l-qurā ahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū wajaʿalnā limahlikihim mawʿidan

And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.(59)

Word by word

  1. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd these
  2. ٱلْقُرَىٰٓl-qurā[the] towns
  3. أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
  4. لَمَّاlammāwhen
  5. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūthey wronged
  6. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
  7. لِمَهْلِكِهِمlimahlikihimfor their destruction
  8. مَّوْعِدًاmawʿidanan appointed time

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