Al-A'raf 7:4 وكم من قرية اهلكناها فجاءها باسنا بياتا او هم قايلون ٤
وَكَم
مِّن
قَرۡيَةٍ
أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَا
فَجَآءَهَا
بَأۡسُنَا
بَيَٰتًا
أَوۡ
هُمۡ
قَآئِلُونَ
٤
How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Nations that were destroyed
Allah said,
وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا
(And a great number of towns We destroyed.) for defying Our Messengers and rejecting them. This behavior led them to earn disgrace in this life, which led them to disgrace in the Hereafter. Allah said in other Ayat,
وَلَقَدِ اس
…Nations that were destroyed
Allah said,
وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـهَا
(And a great number of towns We destroyed.) for defying Our Messengers and re
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