Surah Hud, Ayah 117 (11:117)

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وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

Quran 11:117 is ayah 117 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 234 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:117
وَمَاكَانَرَبُّكَلِيُهْلِكَٱلْقُرَىٰبِظُلْمٍوَأَهْلُهَامُصْلِحُونَ١١٧
wamā kāna rabbuka liyuh'lika l-qurā biẓul'min wa-ahluhā muṣ'liḥūna

And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.(117)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. كَانَkānawould
  3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
  4. لِيُهْلِكَliyuh'likadestroy
  5. ٱلْقُرَىٰl-qurāthe cities
  6. بِظُلْمٍbiẓul'minunjustly
  7. وَأَهْلُهَاwa-ahluhāwhile its people
  8. مُصْلِحُونَmuṣ'liḥūna(were) reformers

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