# 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 131 - **Surah:** 6. Surah Al-An'am (The Cattle) — سورة الأنعام - **Verse:** 131 / 165 · **Juz:** 8 · **Mushaf page:** 143 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-131 ## Arabic ذٰلِكَ اَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرٰى بِظُلْمٍ وَاَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ ## Transcription Thalika an lam yakun rabbuka muhlikaalqura bithulmin waahluha ghafiloon ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley That was because their Lord would never have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were unaware. ### Progressive Muslims That is because your Lord was not to destroy any town because of its wickedness while its people were unaware. ### Shabbir Ahmed And so it is that your Lord never destroys communities arbitrarily while their people are unaware of their wrongdoings. ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation That is because thy Lord would not destroy the cities in injustice, while their people were unaware. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation That is because your Lord was not to destroy any town because of its wickedness while its people were unaware. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament This is to show that your Lord never annihilates any community unjustly, while its people are unaware. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira And this (so that it may be clear) that your Lord does not destroy towns and cities arbitrarily while the citizens remain unaware. ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware. ### Muhammad Asad And so it is that thy Sustainer would never destroy a community for its wrongdoing so long as its people are still unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]: ### Marmaduke Pickthall This is because thy Lord destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do). ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary (They will be made to bear this witness to show that) it is not the way of your Lord to destroy cities unjustly while their people were unaware of the Truth.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] God does not want His creatures to have any valid reason to complain that He had left them ignorant of the Right Way, and then convicted them of error. God has forestalled any such grievance by sending Prophets and revealing Holy Books to warn both jinn and human beings. If people continue to falter in spite of God's arrangements for their guidance, they themselves are to blame for the punishment they will receive, and they have no justification for blaming their misfortune on God. ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Among the set of Allah's correlated principles is His merciful dealing with the guilty who lacked knowledge of what is wrong and what is right, nor has he been guided or warned. Therefore, never would Allah, your Creator, do away with the cities when their inhabitants were unconscious of the wrong they were accustomed to do. ### Bijan Moeinian This is said so that you know that your Lord does not destroy the nations of the wrongdoers without proper warnings. ### Al-Hilali & Khan This is because your Lord would not destroy the (populations of) towns for their wrong-doing (i.e. associating others in worship along with Allâh) while their people were unaware (so the Messengers were sent). ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali (The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrong-doing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran This ˹sending of the messengers˺ is because your Lord would never destroy a society for their wrongdoing while its people are unaware ˹of the truth˺. ### Taqi Usmani That (Allah sends messengers) is because your Lord is not to destroy any towns on account of any wrongdoing, while their people are unaware. ### Abdul Haleem your Lord would not destroy towns for their wrongdoing if they had not been warned. ### Arthur John Arberry That is because thy Lord would never destroy the cities unjustly, while their inhabitants were heedless. ### E. Henry Palmer That is because thy Lord would never destroy towns unjustly while their people are careless; ### Hamid S. Aziz That is because your Lord would never destroy a township arbitrarily, while their people are unaware (of what is wrong). ### Mahmoud Ghali That is so, for your Lord would not cause towns to perish unjustly, (Literally: with injustice) (while) their population are heedless. ### George Sale This hath been the method of God's dealing with his creatures, because thy Lord would not destroy the cities in their iniquity, while their inhabitants were careless. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed (The messengers were sent), because your Lord would not destroy the townships of men for their wrong-doing while the people (of the townships) were not warned. ### Amatul Rahman Omar This (sending of the Messengers) is because your Lord destroys no township unjustly whilst their inhabitants are unwarned. ### Ali Quli Qarai This is because your Lord would never destroy the towns unjustly while their people were unaware. ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Bu, halkı habersizken, Rabbinin ülkeleri zulüm ve helak edici olmadığındandır. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Şu sebepledir ki: Rabbin, Rasullerle uyarılmamış zalim toplulukları helak edici değildir. ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Gerçek şu ki; halkı habersizken, Rabbin haksızlıkla ülkeleri helak edici değildir. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Bu (peygamberlerin gönderilmesi), Allah'ın, halkları habersizken ülkeleri haksız yere helak etmeyeceği içindir. ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Bu şundan ki: Rabbın memleketleri ahalisi gafil haldeler iken zulm ile helak edici değildir ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Bu, Rabbinin ülkeleri onların halkı habersiz iken, yani onları uyarmadan haksız yere helak edici olmamasından ileri gelmektedir. ### Gültekin Onan Bu, ehli (halkı) habersizken, rabbinin ülkeleri zulüm ve helak edici olmadığındandır. ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Bu (vech ile peygamberler gönderilmesi ve onların feci akıbetlerini vaktiyle haber vermeleri) memleketleri — halkı gaafil bulunurlarken — zulüm (leri) yüzünden Rabbinin (mahv-ü) helak edici olmadığındandır. ### İbni Kesir Bu; Rabbının, haberleri yokken, kasabalar halkını haksız yere helak edici olmadığından dolayıdır. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Gerçek şu ki, bir toplumun fertleri (doğru ile eğrinin anlamından) habersiz olduğu sürece Rabbin o toplumu yaptığı yanlışlıklardan dolayı asla yok etmez: ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı Bu, halkı habersizken, Allah'ın haksız yere ülkeleri helak etmemesinden dolayıdır. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Bu böyledir, çünkü Rabbin, halkı habersiz iken ülkeleri zulüm ile helak edici değildir. ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Sebep şudur: Rabbin, halkı habersiz bir haldeyken kentleri helak edici değildir. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Bunun nedeni şudur: bir toplumun bireyleri (ilahi sınırlardan) habersiz oldukları sürece, senin Rabbin o (tür) toplumları işledikleri yanlışlar sebebiyle asla helak etmez. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Gerçek şu ki: Rabb'in, gerçeklerden habersiz bir beldenin halkını haksız yere asla yok etmez. ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Bu böyledir. Efendin, aymazlık içindeki halkını uyarmadan, kentleri haksız yere yıkıma uğratmaz. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bu şundandır: Halkının bir şeyden haberi yokken, senin Rabbin, haksızlık edip kentleri etkisiz (yaşanmaz) hale getirmez. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Gerçek şu ki halkı habersizken Rabbin, haksızlık ile şehirleri helak edici değildir.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Bu ayet Enfâl 8:33, Hûd 11:117 ve Kasas 28:59. ayetlerle birlikte okunmalıdır. Yüce Allah bu ayette, halkı gafil, yani hakikatten habersizken ülkeleri haksız yere helak edici olmadığını ifade etmekte, elçilerin gönderilme gerekçesinin, halkın habersiz kalmaması olduğunu söylemektedir. Benzer bir içerikte olmak üzere Hûd 11:117'de de Yüce Allah'ın halkı eğer ıslah edici faaliyetler içerisindeyseler o şehrin halkını haksız yere helak etmeyeceği bildirilmektedir. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Gerçek şu ki: Rabb'in, gerçeklerden habersiz bir beldenin halkını haksız yere asla yok etmez. ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Gerçek şu ki: Rabb'in, gerçeklerden habersiz bir beldenin halkını haksız yere asla yok etmez. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Çünkü senin Rabbin, ahalisi ayetlerimizden habersizken, haksız yere kentleri helak etmez. ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | ذَٰلِكَ — dhālika | That (is because) | — | | 2 | أَن — an | [that] | — | | 3 | لَّمْ — lam | not | — | | 4 | يَكُن — yakun | is | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun | | 5 | رَّبُّكَ — rabbuka | your Lord | ربب — Ra-Ba-Ba | | 6 | مُهْلِكَ — muh'lika | one who destroys | هلك — he-Lam-Kef | | 7 | ٱلْقُرَىٰ — l-qurā | the cities | قري — Kaf-Ra-Ye | | 8 | بِظُلْمٍۢ — biẓul'min | for (their) wrongdoing | ظلم — Zay-Lam-Mim | | 9 | وَأَهْلُهَا — wa-ahluhā | while their people | اهل — Elif-he-Lam | | 10 | غَـٰفِلُونَ — ghāfilūna | (are) unaware | غفل — Gayn-Fe-Lam | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-130.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-132.md Retrieved: 2026-08-15 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.