وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (நபியே!) ஓர் ஊராரை, அவ்வூரார் சீர்திருந்திக் கொண்டிருக்கும் நிலையில் - அநியாயமாக உம் இறைவன் அழிக்கப்படமாட்டான்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද අපරාධ කරමින් සිටි ගමක් එහි වැසියන් ප්රතිසංවිධායකයින් ලෙස සිටිය දී එය විනාශ කිරීමට නුඹගේ පරමාධිපති නො වීය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- آپ کا رب ایسا نہیں کہ کسی بستی کو ﻇلم سے ہلاک کر دے اور وہاں کے لوگ نیکو کار ہوں.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- あなたがたの主は，そこの居住民が矯正（に留意）する間は，（単なる）悪行のために都市を滅ぼされない。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 你的主不致为部分人迷信而毁灭那些市镇，而多数居民是善良的。
Tafsir of 11:117
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) This means that there were only a small number of people present among them who were of this caliber. They were those whom Allah saved at the sudden striking of His vengeance, when His anger was let loose. For this reason, Allah commanded this noble Ummah (followers of Muhammad) to always have among them those who command the good and forbid the evil. This is as Allah says, وَلْتَكُن مِّنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ (Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining righteousness and forbidding evil.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
