وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًۭا شَدِيدًۭا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مَسْطُورًۭا
How to read it
Wa 'in mmin qar'yatin 'illā naḥ'nu muh'likūhā qab'la yaw'mi l-qiyāmati 'aw' muʻadhdhibūhā ʻadhāban shadīdan . kāna dhālika fī l-kitābi mas'ṭūran
There is not a population but We shall destroy it before the Day of Judgment or punish it with a dreadful Penalty: that is written in the (eternal) Record.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

