Hud 11:116 فلولا كان من القرون من قبلكم اولو بقية ينهون عن الفساد في الارض الا قليلا ممن انجينا منهم واتبع الذين ظلموا ما اترفوا فيه وكانوا مجرمين ١١٦
فَلَوۡلَا
كَانَ
مِنَ
ٱلۡقُرُونِ
مِن
قَبۡلِكُمۡ
أُوْلُواْ
بَقِيَّةٖ
يَنۡهَوۡنَ
عَنِ
ٱلۡفَسَادِ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلٗا
مِّمَّنۡ
أَنجَيۡنَا
مِنۡهُمۡۗ
وَٱتَّبَعَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُواْ
مَآ
أُتۡرِفُواْ
فِيهِ
وَكَانُواْ
مُجۡرِمِينَ
١١٦
If only there had been among the generations before you persons having wisdom, prohibiting (others) from Al-Fasâd (disbelief, polytheism, and all kinds of crimes and sins) in the earth, (but there were none) - except a few of those whom We saved from among them! Those who did wrong pursued the enjoyment of good things of (this worldly) life, and were Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers in Allâh, polytheists, sinners).
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
There must be a Group of People Who forbid Lewdness
Allah, the Exalted, says that there should have been a group of wise people present among the past generations who called to good and forbade the evil and corruption that took place among them in the land. His statement,
إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً
(except a few
…There must be a Group of People Who forbid Lewdness
Allah, the Exalted, says that there should have been a group of wise people present among the past
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