وَمَا
ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ
وَلَٰكِن
ظَلَمُوٓاْ
أَنفُسَهُمۡۖ
فَمَآ
أَغۡنَتۡ
عَنۡهُمۡ
ءَالِهَتُهُمُ
ٱلَّتِي
يَدۡعُونَ
مِن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
مِن
شَيۡءٖ
لَّمَّا
جَآءَ
أَمۡرُ
رَبِّكَۖ
وَمَا
زَادُوهُمۡ
غَيۡرَ
تَتۡبِيبٖ
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We did not wrong them, rather they wronged themselves. The gods they invoked beside Allah were of no help at all when the command of your Lord came, and only contributed to their ruin.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Lesson taken from the Destroyed Towns
When Allah mentioned the story of the Prophets and what happened with them and their nations -- how He destroyed the disbelievers and saved the believers -- He goes on to say,
ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَنْبَآءِ الْقُرَى
(That is some of the news of the (population of ) tow
…The Lesson taken from the Destroyed Towns
When Allah mentioned the story of the Prophets and what happened with them and their nations -- how He destro
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