6 Sura Al-An'am (Cattle)

Mecca Period

Asad’s version –

6:131 And so it is that thy Sustainer would never destroy a community 116 for its wrongdoing so long as its people are still unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]:

The Quranic text and Ali’s version

ذَلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَى بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ ﴿١٣١﴾

6:131. (The messengers were sent) thus, for thy Lord would not destroy for their wrongdoing men's habitations whilst their occupants were unwarned.

Pickthall’s version

This is because thy Lord destroy not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious (of the wrong they do).

Transliteration Za_lika allam yakur rabbaka muhlikal qura_ bi zulmin wa ahluha_ ga_filu_n(a).