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Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Tafsir: Al-Hijr Ayah 4
وما اهلكنا من قرية الا ولها كتاب معلوم ٤
وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌۭ مَّعْلُومٌۭ ٤
وَمَآﱚ
أَهۡلَكۡنَاﱛ
مِنﱜ
قَرۡيَةٍﱝ
إِلَّاﱞ
وَلَهَاﱟ
كِتَابٞﱠ
مَّعۡلُومٞﱡ
٤ﱢ
We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.
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You are reading a tafsir for the group of verses 15:4 to 15:5
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.