The Holy Quran 17:77 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَا ۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلًا

Translation

This (practice of destroying those who forcefully expelled their Rusul) was Our practice with Our Rusul that We sent before you. You will not find any change in Our practices (Our ways and methods of working).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, this has always been Our way: when a town would not let the prophet of Allah stay in it, the people of the town themselves did not remain.

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