The Holy Quran 11:117 — Surah Hud

Arabic text

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

Translation

It is not (the nature) of your Rabb to destroy cities unjustly when their inhabitants engaged in reformation (Allaah does not destroy people when they are Mu'mineen, actively reforming themselves and others and making an effort to spread their Deen).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, if the people of a town are intent on setting their condition right, spread goodness and check injustice and corruption, then it does not befit Allah, the Most Holy, to seize them by force without reason and destroy them. Punishment comes only when people go beyond all bounds in disbelief and disobedience or in injustice and rebellion.

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