Quran 17 : 58

And not (is) any town but We (will) destroy it before (the) Day (of) the Resurrection or punish it with a punishment severe. (it) is that in the Book written.
وَإِن
Waiin
مِّن
Mmin
قَرْيَةٍ
Qaryahin
إِلَّا
Iillā
نَحْنُ
Naḥnu
مُهْلِكُوهَا
Muhlikūhā
قَبْلَ
Qabla
يَوْمِ
Yawmi
ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ
Alqiyaāmahi
أَوْ
Aaw
مُعَذِّبُوهَا
Muʿadhdhibūhā
عَذَابًا
ʿAdhābana
شَدِيدًا
Shadīdana
كَانَ
Kāna
ذَٰلِكَ
Dhaālika
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
Alkitaābi
مَسْطُورًا
Masṭūrana

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And there is not a town before the Day of Resurrection that We will not destroy it, or punish it with a severe punishment. This has been written in the record.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the (eternal) Record

Wahiduddin Khan

there is not a town [community] but We shall destroy or sternly punish it before the Day of Judgement. That is recorded in the Book

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And there is no city but that We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register inscribed

The Wise Quran

And there is no city but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with severe punishment; - that is in the Book inscribed.

The Study Quran

There is no town, save that We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe punishment. That is inscribed in the Book

Talal Itani (2012)

There is no city but We will destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe punishment. This is inscribed in the Book

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

There is no community that We won’t obliterate or severely chastise before Resurrection Day. This is inscribed in the Book.

T.B.Irving

No town exists but We shall act as its Destroyers before Resurrect Day, or as its Punishers by means of severe torment. That has recorded in the Book.

Syed Vickar Ahamed

There is not a community that We shall not destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a terrible penalty: That was indeed written in the (eternal) Record

Sher Ali

There is not a township but WE shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe punishment. That is written down in a Book

Shakir

And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the day of resurrection or chastise it with a severe chastisement; this is written in the Divine ordinance

Shabbir Ahmed

There is no nation that upholds a wrong system, and yet survives the Law of Requital. This Law will be effective until the Day of Resurrection, and is well-recorded in the Divine Database

Samy Mahdy

And none among a village except We are destroying it before The Resurrection Day or torturing it with a severe torment. That was written in lines in the Book.

Safi Kaskas

We will destroy or chastise with severe suffering any community [if it proves sinful] before the Day of Resurrection. All of this is written in the Book.

Rashad Khalifa

There is not a community that we will not annihilate before the Day of Resurrection, or inflict severe retribution upon them. This is already written down in the book.

N J Dawood 2014

There is no city but We shall obliterate it before the Day of Resurrection, or grievously punish it: that is decreed in the Eternal Book

Mustaqim

And there is no town which We will not destroy before the day of resurrection or punish severely, that is recorded in the book.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

There is not a ˹wicked˺ society that We will not destroy or punish with a severe torment before the Day of Judgment. That is written in the Record.

Musharraf Hussain

Any town We destroy before Judgement Day or punish sternly is recorded in the eternal document.

MunirMezyed2023

There is not a town but We will devastate it before the day of Resurrection, or chastise its (inhabitants) with extremely severe punishment. That has been inscribed in the Book- (the Preserved Table- the heavenly preserved record of all that has happened and will happen).

Munir Mezyed

There is not a township (i.e its inhabitants) but We will devastate it before the day of Resurrection, or chastise its (inhabitants) with extremely severe punishment. That has been inscribed in the ‘Book’ , (the ‘Preserved Table: the heavenly preserved record of all that has happened and will happen).

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

There is no town but We are to destroy it before the Doomsday, or punish it with severe punishment. That is what stands written in the Book

Muhammad Sarwar

The decree that all the towns were to be destroyed or afflicted with severe punishment was already written in the Book before the Day of Judgment

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

There is not a township but We shall destroy it ere the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with dire punishment. That is set forth in the Book (of Our decrees)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And decidedly not a city is there excepting that We will be causing it to perish before the Day of the Resurrection, or We will be tormenting it with a strict torment. That has been in the Book inscribed

Muhammad Asad

And [bear in mind:] there is no community which We will not destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or chastise [even earlier, if it proves sinful,] with suffering severe: all this is laid down in Our decree

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And (there is) none from a village/urban city, except (that) We are making it die/destroying it before the Resurrection Day, or torturing it strong (severe) torture, that was/is in The Book written/inscribed/drafted

Mohammad Shafi

And not a village/town/city but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. This stands recorded in the Divine Ordinance

Mir Aneesuddin

And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the day of resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment, that is written in the book.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the day of Resurrection or chastise it with a severe chastisement. That is written in the Book

Maududi

There is not a town but We shall destroy it or upon which We shall inflict severe chastisement before the Day of Resurrection. This is written down in the Eternal Book (of Allah)

Linda "iLham" Barto

No population exists that We won’t destroy before the Day of Resurrection or punish with a terrible penalty. That is written in the record.

John Medows Rodwell

There is no city which we will not destroy before the day of Resurrection, or chastise it with a grievous chastisement. This is written in the Book

Irving/Hegab

No [disbelieving] town exists but We shall act as its Destroyers before Resurrect Day, or as its Punishers by means of severe torment. That has recorded in the [Preserved] Book.

Hilali - Khan

And there is not a town (population) but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe torment. That is written in the Book (of our Decrees

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

There is no village except that it shall be destroyed or that We will punish it with a stern punishment before the Day of Resurrection. That is inscribed in theBook

Hamid S. Aziz

There is no community but We will destroy it before the Day of Judgment, or punish it with dire penalty. That is inscribed in the Eternal Book

George Sale

There is no city but We will destroy the same before the day of resurrection, or We will punish it with a grievous punishment. This is written in the book of our eternal decrees

Fode Drame

And there is not a township but that We are going to destroy it before the day of resurrection or We are going to punish it with a severe punishment. That is a thing inscribed in the book.

Faridul Haque

And there is no such dwelling but which We shall destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it severely; this is written in the Book

Edward Henry Palmer

There is no city but we will destroy it before the day of judgment, or torment it with keen torment;- that is in the Book inscribed

Dr. Munir Munshey

There is no town that We will not destroy _ or punish severely _ before the Day of Judgment. This is inscribed in the book of decrees

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And there is not a community (comprising disbelievers and the denying rebels), but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or afflict it with most severe torment. This (decree) is written in the Book (the Protected Tablet [al-Lawh al-Mahfuz])

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And there is not a town but We will be ones who cause it to perish before the Day of Resurrection, or We will be ones who punish it with a severe punishment— that which had been inscribed in the Book.

Dr. Kamal Omar

And there is not a habitation but We are Destroyer unto it before the Day of Resurrection or Bringer of punishment unto it — a punishment very severe. This stands (written) in straight lines in Al-Kitab

Corpus.Quran

And not (is) any town but We (will) destroy it before (the) Day (of) the Resurrection or punish it with a punishment severe That is That is in the Book written

Bilal Muhammad 2018

There is not a population that We will not cause to perish before the Day of Accountability, or punish with a dreadful penalty. That is written in the record

Bijan Moeinian

It is written in the Book of the Lord’s decrees that: “Every habitation shall either be destroyed or severely punished before the Day of the Resurrection.”

Bakhtiari Nejad

There is not any town that We do not destroy or punish it with a severe punishment before the Resurrection Day. That is written down in the book.

Arthur John Arberry

No city is there, but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or We shall chastise it with a terrible chastisement; that is in the Book inscribed

Amatul Rahman Omar

And there is no township but We shall destroy it or We shall subject it to a severe chastisement before the Day of Resurrection. That is written down in the book (- in the knowledge of God)

Ali Ünal

There is not a township but that We will have destroyed it before the Day of Resurrection (as a consequence of its people’s way of life, and in accordance with the laws We have established for the lives of communities), or punished it with a severe punishment (such as dissension, corruption, and foreign invasion): all this is written down in the (eternal) Book

Ali Quli Qara'i

There is not a town but We will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe punishment. That has been written in the Book

Aisha Bewley

There is no city We will not destroy before the Day of Rising, or punish with a terrible punishment. That is inscribed in the Book.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And there is no town but that We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgement or will torment it severely. This is written down in the Book.

Ahmed Hulusi

There is no country that We will not destroy before the period of Doomsday or punish it with a severe suffering! This has been recorded in detail in the Book (the dimension of knowledge – sunnatullah – Lawh-i Mahfuz).

Ahmed Ali

There is not a habitation We shall not destroy before the Day of Resurrection, or not inflict severe punishment upon it. This is in accordance with the law (of God)

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Not a town is there but VVe are going to destroy it before the Day of Judgment or to torment it With a severe torment; that is in the Book inscribed

Abdul Hye

There is not a town but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with severe punishment. That is written in the book (of records).

Abdel Haleem

there is no community We shall not destroy, or punish severely, before the Day of Resurrection- this is written in the Book