Destruction of past nations

The verses

Closest to the group’s centre first.

• Al-Furqaan 25:39✦ skyread

  وَكُلًّا ضَرَبْنَا لَهُ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلَ وَكُلًّا تَبَّرْنَا تَتْبِيرًا

  And for each We presented examples [as warnings], and each We destroyed with [total] destruction.

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:172✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

  Then We destroyed the others.

• As-Saaffaat 37:136✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

  Then We destroyed the others.

• Al-Qasas 28:39✦ skyread

  وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا يُرْجَعُونَ

  And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:64✦ skyread

  وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ

  And We advanced thereto the pursuers.

• Al-Qamar 54:38✦ skyread

  وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

  And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.

• Ad-Dukhaan 44:24✦ skyread

  وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

  And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

• As-Saaffaat 37:177✦ skyread

  فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِسَاحَتِهِمْ فَسَآءَ صَبَاحُ ٱلْمُنذَرِينَ

  But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned.

• Az-Zumar 39:30✦ skyread

  إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُم مَّيِّتُونَ

  Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die.

• Al-Qamar 54:36✦ skyread

  وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

  And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

• Ad-Dukhaan 44:29✦ skyread

  فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

  And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

• Al-Fil 105:5✦ skyread

  فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍۭ

  And He made them like eaten straw.

• Al-Mursalaat 77:18✦ skyread

  كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

  Thus do We deal with the criminals.

• Al-Muddaththir 74:20✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

  Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:10✦ skyread

  قُتِلَ ٱلْخَرَّٰصُونَ

  Destroyed are the falsifiers

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:33✦ skyread

  لِنُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِجَارَةً مِّن طِينٍ

  To send down upon them stones of clay,

• Al-Muddaththir 74:19✦ skyread

  فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

  So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

• Al-Anbiyaa 21:68✦ skyread

  قَالُوا۟ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ فَٰعِلِينَ

  They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."

• Al-Ghaafir 40:71✦ skyread

  إِذِ ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ وَٱلسَّلَٰسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ

  When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged

• As-Saaffaat 37:34✦ skyread

  إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

  Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals.

• Al-Furqaan 25:40✦ skyread

  وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا

  And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.

• Al-Qamar 54:45✦ skyread

  سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

  [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

• Ar-Rahmaan 55:35✦ skyread

  يُرْسَلُ عَلَيْكُمَا شُوَاظٌ مِّن نَّارٍ وَنُحَاسٌ فَلَا تَنتَصِرَانِ

  There will be sent upon you a flame of fire and smoke, and you will not defend yourselves.

• Ash-Shura 42:34✦ skyread

  أَوْ يُوبِقْهُنَّ بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَيَعْفُ عَن كَثِيرٍ

  Or He could destroy them for what they earned; but He pardons much.

• Abasa 80:25✦ skyread

  أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا ٱلْمَآءَ صَبًّا

  How We poured down water in torrents,

• As-Saaffaat 37:97✦ skyread

  قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

  They said, "Construct for him a furnace and throw him into the burning fire."

• Al-Fil 105:3✦ skyread

  وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ

  And He sent against them birds in flocks,

• Saad 38:14✦ skyread

  إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ

  Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.

• Ash-Shura 42:39✦ skyread

  وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْبَغْىُ هُمْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

  And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they defend themselves,

• Al-Ahzaab 33:61✦ skyread

  مَّلْعُونِينَ أَيْنَمَا ثُقِفُوٓا۟ أُخِذُوا۟ وَقُتِّلُوا۟ تَقْتِيلًا

  Accursed wherever they are found, [being] seized and massacred completely.

• Al-Fil 105:4✦ skyread

  تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ

  Striking them with stones of hard clay,

• Al-Muddaththir 74:26✦ skyread

  سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ

  I will drive him into Saqar.

• Quraish 106:1✦ skyread

  لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ

  For the accustomed security of the Quraysh -

• Al-Haaqqa 69:6✦ skyread

  وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

  And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:130✦ skyread

  وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

  And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:95✦ skyread

  وَجُنُودُ إِبْلِيسَ أَجْمَعُونَ

  And the soldiers of Iblees, all together.

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