Tafsir Muyassar
Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabiaوإذا طلبوا نزول العذاب بهم تكذيبًا لك -أيها الرسول- فإنا لا نُهْلك قرية إلا ولإهلاكها أجل مقدَّر، لا نُهْلكهم حتى يبلغوه، مثل مَن سبقهم.
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Tafsir
Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.
Al-Hijr 15:4
Word by wordوَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ
And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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Ma'arif al-Qur'an
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Tafsir Muyassar
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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