وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ٤
Wa maaa ahlaknaa min qaryatin illaa wa lahaa kitaabum ma'loom
Translation
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
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Al-Hijr 15:4
Ayah 4 of Surah Al-Hijr, The Rocky Tract.
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Tafsir of this AyahIbn Kathir
And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it (4)No nation can advance its term, nor delay it (5)
Every Township has its allotted Time
Allah is informing us that He never destroys a township until He has established evidences for it and its allotted time has ended. When the time for a nation's destruction has come, He never delays it, and He never moves its appointed time forward. This was a message and a warning to the people of Makkah, telling them to give up their Shirk, their stubbornness and disbelief for which they deserved to be destroyed.
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