Surah 18 · word by word

Surah 18, ayah 59

وَتِلْكَاور یہ
الْقُرٰۤیبستیاں
اَهْلَكْنٰهُمْہلاک کیا ہم نے ان کو
لَمَّاجب
ظَلَمُوْاانہوں نے ظلم کیا
وَجَعَلْنَااور بنایا ہم نے
لِمَهْلِكِهِمْان کی ہلاکت کے لئے
مَّوْعِدًاایک مقررہ وقت
۟۠

Translation and commentary

Tafheem-ul-Quran

یہ عذاب رسیدہ بستیاں تمہارے سامنے موجود ہیں۔¹ انہوں نے جب ظلم کیا تو ہم نے انھیں ہلاک کر دیا، اور ان میں سے ہر ایک کی ہلاکت کے لیے ہم نے وقت مقرر کر رکھا تھا

Footnotes (the author's commentary)

اشارہ ہے سبا اور ثمود ور مدین اور قوم لوط کے اجڑے دیاروں کی طرف جنہیں قریش کے لوگ اپنے تجارتی سروں میں آتے جاتے دیکھا کرتے تھے اور جن سے عرب کے دوسرے لوگ بھی خوب واقف تھے۔

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See this ayah on Mushaf page 300

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Source: Quranic Universal Library (QUL), qul.tarteel.ai, published by Distributed by the Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel). Translator or author: not stated by QUL. Version QUL download as retrieved by the owner on 2026-10-12 (database file dated 2025-05-27); no version number is published (retrieved 2026-10-12). Urdu word-by-word meanings from the Quranic Universal Library (qul.tarteel.ai, translation resource 93); the translator is not named by the source. Not reviewed by a scholar. Redistribution rights are not confirmed.

Meanings are shown as the source gives them, one per word. This is not a translation of the ayah and gives no ruling. Not reviewed by a scholar.

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