The Holy Quran 15:4 — Surah Al-Hijr

Arabic text

وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

Translation

There was an appointed term (fixed) for (the destruction of) every town that We destroyed (from which they have no escape).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A fixed time is appointed for the destruction of every nation: that is, however many towns and nations were destroyed before, in the knowledge of Allah a fixed time had been appointed for the destruction of each of them, in which there could be neither error nor oversight, nor negligence, nor could the promise of Allah be put off.

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