Tafsir for verse: 17:58
وَإِن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحۡنُ مُهۡلِكُوهَا قَبۡلَ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ أَوۡ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗاۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَسۡطُورٗا ٥٨ ﴿58﴾
58There 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.
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Commentary
We are either going to destroy it by death and eradication or punish it by killing and various forms of punishment. It was said: The destruction is for the righteous, and the punishment is for the wicked. And from Muqatil: I found in the books of Al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim in its interpretation: As for Mecca, the Abyssinians will destroy it, and the city will perish by hunger, Basra by drowning, Kufa by abandonment, and the mountains by lightning and tremors. And as for Khurasan, its punishment is of various kinds. Then he mentioned it city by city in the Book in the Preserved Tablet.
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