سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٩٥
وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ٩٥
waḥarāmun ʿalā qaryatin ahlaknāhā annahum lā yarjiʿūna
And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return906
[906] They cannot return to this world, nor can they repent to Allāh.
Verse 95 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:95), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 330 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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It is impossible for the people of a village I destroyed due to their disbelief that they return to the world to repent, and that I accept their repentance.
It is not possible for any town that We have destroyed to ever come back [to this world]41,
[41] To repent to Allah.
And a ban is laid on every town (population) which We have destroyed that they shall not return (to this world again, nor repent to Us).
And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that they shall not return.
But there is a ban on any population which We have destroyed: that they shall not return,
And it is binding on a town which We destroy that they shall not return.
And it is prohibited for any town We have caused to perish that they will not return. (Literally: that they do not return to this world)
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الزِّنَا، أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ لاَ مَحَالَةَ، فَزِنَا الْعَيْنِ النَّظَرُ، وَزِنَا اللِّسَانِ الْمَنْطِقُ، وَالنَّفْسُ تَمَنَّى وَتَشْتَهِي، وَالْفَرْجُ يُصَدِّقُ ذَلِكَ…
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.
قَالَ هَٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّى فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّا …
[Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true." …
إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا۟ دُعَآءَكُمْ وَلَوْ سَمِعُوا۟ مَا ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يَكْفُرُونَ بِشِرْكِكُمْ وَلَا يُنَبِّئُكَ مِثْلُ خَبِيرٍ
If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection they will deny your association. And none can inform you like [one] Aware [of all matters].
