[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":43},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reader-17-2813":3},{"cid":4,"surahName":5,"title":6,"blocks":7,"range":34,"prev":35,"next":39},17,"Al-Isra","The Destruction or Torment of all Disbelieving Towns before the Hour begins",[8,10,13,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32],{"kind":9,"text":6},"title",{"kind":11,"text":12},"translation","Here Allah tells us that He has decreed and it is written in Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet) which is with Him, that there is no town that He will not destroy by wiping out all its people or by punishing them,",{"kind":14,"text":15},"quran","﴿ عَذَابً۬ا شَدِيدً۬ا‌ۚ ﴾",{"kind":11,"text":17},"(with a severe torment.) either by killing them or sending calamities upon them as He wills. This will be because of their sins, as Allah says of the past nations:",{"kind":14,"text":19},"﴿ وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَـٰهُمۡ وَلَـٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَہُمۡ‌ۖ ﴾",{"kind":11,"text":21},"(We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves.) (11:101)",{"kind":14,"text":23},"﴿ فَذَاقَتۡ وَبَالَ أَمۡرِهَا وَكَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ أَمۡرِهَا خُسۡرًا ﴾",{"kind":11,"text":25},"(So it tasted the evil result of its affair (disbelief), and the consequence of its affair (disbelief) was loss.) (65:9)",{"kind":14,"text":27},"﴿ وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ عَتَتۡ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّہَا وَرُسُلِهِۦ ﴾",{"kind":11,"text":29},"(And many a town (population) revolted against the command of its Lord and His Messengers;) (65:8) and many Ayat.",{"kind":14,"text":31},"﴿ وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرۡسِلَ بِٱلۡأَيَـٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن ڪَذَّبَ بِہَا ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ‌ۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبۡصِرَةً۬ فَظَلَمُواْ بِہَا‌ۚ وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ بِٱلۡأَيَـٰتِ إِلَّا تَخۡوِيفً۬ا ﴾",{"kind":11,"text":33},"(59. And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied them. And We sent the she-camel to Thamud as a clear sign, but they did her wrong. And We sent not the signs except to make them afraid (of destruction).)","Verse 59",{"title":36,"range":37,"to":38},"The gods of the Idolators can neither benefit nor harm; rather they themselves seek to draw close to Allah","Verse 58","\u002Fsurah\u002F17\u002F2814",{"title":40,"range":41,"to":42},"The Reason why Allah did not send Signs or Miracles","Verse 60","\u002Fsurah\u002F17\u002F2812",1782504197325]