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Surah al-Anbiya' (The Prophets ) 21 : 6

مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(21:6:1)
(21:6:2)
āmanat
believed
(21:6:3)
qablahum
before them
(21:6:4)
(21:6:5)
qaryatin
town
(21:6:6)
ahlaknāhā
which We destroyed
(21:6:7)
(21:6:8)
yu'minūna
believe

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Explanatory Note

Miraculous signs and events were given in the past, but the communities to which they were shown did not believe as a result. Hence they were destroyed in accordance with God’s law which seals the fate of any community which continues to reject the truth after having been given a miraculous sign of it. When stubborn rejection of the truth reaches a point that it continues even after a tangible, physical, miraculous sign is given, then all excuses are invalid. People who continue with such rejection seal their own fate and they are destroyed as a result.

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7. Period of Revelation

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According to  Ibn Attiyah and Qurtubi there is consensus on this Surah being a Makki Surah -

"Both the subject matter and the style of the Surah indicate that it was sent down in the third stage of the life of the Prophet at Makkah" [Ref: Mawdudi]

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