| | Al-Imran | Pre Ayat ← 117 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 12. How to deal with the Hypocrites | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Whatever they are spending in this worldly life may be likened to the wind that brings frost in it and smites and destroys totally the tillage of those who have been unjust to themselves; Allah has not done any injustice to them but in fact they themselves are doing injustice to themselves. |
| | Al-Anaam | Pre Ayat ← 6 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 1. Ultimate Triumph of Divine Unity | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Do they not see that We destroyed before them many a people who were dominant in the world during their time? We had given them such power in the land as We have not given you. We sent down for them abundant rains from heavens and made canals flow beneath them. But (when they showed ingratitude), We destroyed them because of their sins and raised up other people in their place. |
| | Al-Aaraf | Pre Ayat ← 4 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 1. Opponents Doom | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:There leave been many habitations which We destroyed. Our scourge came upon them all of a sudden at night or at a time during the day where they were taking rest. |
| | Al-Aaraf | Pre Ayat ← 155 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 19. The Torah and the Prophets Advent | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:And Moses chose from among his people seventy men (to accompany hall) to attend a meeting appointed by Us. When a severe earthquake seized them, Moses prayed, "My Lord, if Thou hadst willed, Thou could have destroyed them and me before this: wouldst Thou destroy rill of us for the offense committed by some foolish people from among us? This was a trial set by Thee, whereby Thou leads astray whom Thou wilt and guides whom Thou wilt. Thou alone art our Protector; so forgive us and have mercy on us for Thou art the best of all forgivers! |
| | Al-Anfal | Pre Ayat ← 54 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 7. Enemys Strength Weakened | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:This same principle was applied to the people of Pharaoh and the other peoples before them: when they treated the revelations of Allah as false, We destroyed them in consequence of their sins, and drowned the people of Pharaoh; all these peoples were the workers of iniquity. |
| | Yunus | Pre Ayat ← 13 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 2. Punishment of Rejection | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:O mankind, We destroyed before you those communities (which were in power in their time,) when they adopted the attitude of transgression, for their Messengers came to them with clear signs but they would not believe in them. This is how We recompense the criminals for their crimes. |
| | Hud | Pre Ayat ← 40 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 4. History of Noah | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Thus was it until Our Command came to pass and At-Tannur began to boil up. Then We said, "Take into the Ark a pair from every species, and embark your own people -save those who have already been specifically marked - and also those who have believed; and those who had believed with Noah were only a few. |
| | Al-Hijr | Pre Ayat ← 4 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 1. The Quran is guarded | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:We had prescribed a respite for every habitation that we destroyed before this. |
| | Bani-Israel | Pre Ayat ← 17 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 2. Every deed has a consequence | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Just see how many generations have been destroyed by Our Command after Noah. Your Lord is fully aware of the sins of his servants and is seeing everything. |
| | Al-Kahaf | Pre Ayat ← 59 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 8. Moses travels in Search of Knowledge | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:These habitations which were stricken with the scourge are before you: when they committed iniquity We annihilated them, and We had appointed a term for their annihilation. |
| | Maryam | Pre Ayat ← 74 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 5. How Opponents were dealt with | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:And how many a generation have We destroyed before them, who had more abundant riches than they and were grander in splendor! |
| | Maryam | Pre Ayat ← 98 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 6. False doctrine of Sonship | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:We have destroyed many a people before them: do you find any trace of them or do you hear any whisper from them anywhere ? |
| | Ta-Ha | Pre Ayat ← 128 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 7. The Devils misleading | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Have these people109 not received any guidance (from this lesson of history) that We have destroyed before them many a generation in whose (ruined) habitations they move about today? In fact, there are many Signs in this for sagacious people. |
| | Ta-Ha | Pre Ayat ← 132 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 8. Punishment is certain | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:enjoin Salat on the members of your family and yourself also observe it strictly. We do not ask any provision of you, for it is We Ourself Who give you provision. And the ultimate good is for piety. |
| | Ta-Ha | Pre Ayat ← 134 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 8. Punishment is certain | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Had We destroyed them with a scourge before its coming, these very people would have said, "Our Lord, why did you not send a Messenger to us so that we would have followed Your Revelations before we were humiliated and disgraced?" |
| | Al-Ambia | Pre Ayat ← 6 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 1. Judgment approaches | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:The fact, however, is that no habitation, which We destroyed before them, believed (in spite of signs); now, will they, then, believe? |
| | Al-Ambia | Pre Ayat ← 9 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 1. Judgment approaches | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Then We fulfilled Our promises with them and ultimately delivered them and whomsoever We willed, and destroyed the transgressors. |
| | Al-Ambia | Pre Ayat ← 95 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 7. Righteous will inherit land | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:And it is not possible that the habitation We have once destroyed gets another lease of life |
| | Al-Hajj | Pre Ayat ← 45 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 6. Believers permitted to fight | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:There are (the ruins of) many a wicked habitation which We destroyed: today they are lying upside down upon their roofs. How many a well has been rendered useless, and how many a lofty castle is lying in ruins! |
| | Al-Mominoon | Pre Ayat ← 27 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 2. Noah | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:At this, We revealed to him: Build an ark under Our supervision, according to Our instructions. Then, when Our Command comes and "at-Tannur" begins to boil up, take aboard a pair of every species of animals, and also the members of your own family except those against whom the judgment has already been passed; and do not plead with Me for the workers of iniquity, for they are doomed to be drowned. |
| | Ash-Shuara | Pre Ayat ← 139 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 7. History of Hud | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:At last, they rejected him, and We destroyed them. Indeed there is a Sign in this, but most of these people would not believe. |
| | Ash-Shuara | Pre Ayat ← 208 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 11. Prophets Opponents warned | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:(Note it that) We have never destroyed a habitation unless it had its warners |
| | Al-Qasas | Pre Ayat ← 43 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 5. A Prophet like Moses | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:After We had destroyed the former generations, We gave Moses the Book, which We made a means of enlightenment for the people, and a Guidance and a Mercy, so that they may learn lessons. |
| | Al-Qasas | Pre Ayat ← 58 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 6. The Prophet will return in Makkah | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:And how many habitations have We destroyed whose people exulted in their means of subsistence! Just see those dwellings of theirs only a few of which have been inhabited after them. At last, We alone became the heirs. |
| | Al-Qasas | Pre Ayat ← 78 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 8. Korahs wealth ruins him | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:But he replied, "All that I have been given is by virtue of the knowledge that I possess." Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him many such people who were mightier than him in power and strength? But the criminals are not asked as to their sins. |
| | Al-Ankabut | Pre Ayat ← 33 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 4. Opposition to Truth ever a Failure | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Then, when Our messengers came to Lot, he grew anxious for them and distressed at heart. They said, "Do not fear nor grieve: we shall save you and your household, except your wife, who is of those who will remain behind. |
| | As-Sajdah | Pre Ayat ← 26 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 3. Dead Earth will receive life | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:And have they found no guidance (in the historical events) that before them We have destroyed many a nation in whose dwelling places they move about? There are many Signs in this. Do they not hear? |
| | Ya-Sin | Pre Ayat ← 31 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 2. Confirmation of the Truth | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Have they not seen many nations We have destroyed before them, and they never returned to them? |
| | Suad | Pre Ayat ← 3 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 1. The Enemys Discomfiture | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:How many a nation have we destroyed before them! (And when their doom approached) they cried out, but that was not the time of being saved. |
| | Az-Zukhruf | Pre Ayat ← 8 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 1. Revelation is a Divine Favor | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:So, We destroyed them though they were much stronger than these in might; there have gone before the examples of the ancient peoples. |
| | Ad-Dukhan | Pre Ayat ← 37 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 2. Good and Evil Rewarded | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them? We destroyed them only because they had become wicked. |
| | Al-Ahqaf | Pre Ayat ← 27 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 4. A Warning | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:We have destroyed many habitations around you. We sent Our Revelations to them over and over again in various ways that they might desist (from wrongdoing). |
| | Muhammad | Pre Ayat ← 13 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 2. Oppressors brought low | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:O Prophet, how many habitations have there been that were much stronger in power than this habitation of yours that has expelled you. We destroyed them so utterly that there was none to save them. |
| | Qaaf | Pre Ayat ← 36 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 3. The Resurrection | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:We have destroyed many nations before them, who were much stronger than they in power, and they ransacked all the lands. Then, could they find a place of refuge? |
| | An-Najam | Pre Ayat ← 50 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 3. Allahs Power manifested | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:And that it is He Who destroyed the former 'Ad, |
| | Al-Qamar | Pre Ayat ← 51 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 3. Pharaoh and the Prophets Opponents | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:We have destroyed many like you. Then, is there any who would take admonition ? |
| | Al-Mulk | Pre Ayat ← 28 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 2. The Disbelievers Doom | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:Say to them, "Have you ever considered that even if Allah should destroy me and those with me, or should bestow mercy upon us, who will save the disbelievers from the painful torment?" |
| | Al-Balad | Pre Ayat ← 6 | → Next Ayat | Pre Ruku ← | | 1. The City | | → Next Ruku| |
Translation:He says, "I have squandered heaps of wealth." |