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Quran Ayat (Verses) regarding Destroy(Word)

In this section, readers can explore a curated collection of Quranic verses regarding Destroy(Word). The verses have been carefully arranged to provide easy access and convenience, allowing readers to delve into the spiritual guidance and wisdom imparted by the Quran concerning Quranic ayat about Destroy(Word). Spanning across various chapters of the Quran, we have tried our best to arrange them into subcategories as well, making it easier for anyone seeking specific information about Quranic verses regarding Destroy(Word). So, let's see what the Quran has to say about Destroy(Word) in Islam in various parts of the holy Quran.

وَأَوۡرَثۡنَا ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُواْ يُسۡتَضۡعَفُونَ مَشَٰرِقَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَغَٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِي بَٰرَكۡنَا فِيهَاۖ وَتَمَّتۡ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُواْۖ وَدَمَّرۡنَا مَا كَانَ يَصۡنَعُ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَقَوۡمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡرِشُونَ

137.And We made a people, who were already suppressed, inheritors of the eastern and western parts of that land (289) in which We put Our blessings (290), And the gracious promise of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel (291), the reward of their patience. And We destroyed whatever Pharaoh and his people made and what they used to erect (292),

Surah Name : Al-Araf   Surah Number : 7   Ayat Number: 137

وَٱخۡتَارَ مُوسَىٰ قَوۡمَهُۥ سَبۡعِينَ رَجُلٗا لِّمِيقَٰتِنَاۖ فَلَمَّآ أَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلرَّجۡفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوۡ شِئۡتَ أَهۡلَكۡتَهُم مِّن قَبۡلُ وَإِيَّـٰيَۖ أَتُهۡلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَّآۖ إِنۡ هِيَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَتُكَ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَهۡدِي مَن تَشَآءُۖ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَٱرۡحَمۡنَاۖ وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡغَٰفِرِينَ

155.And Musa chose seventy men of his people for Our promised appointment (337). Then when an earthquake overtook (338) them, Musa submitted: "O my Lord! Had You wished, You would have destroyed them and me before (339). Will You kill us for what our foolish ones have done? That is nothing but Your test (341) whereby You cause those to go astray whom You will, and guide whom You will (342). You are our Protector. You forgive us and have mercy upon us. And You are the Best of Forgivers".

Surah Name : Al-Araf   Surah Number : 7   Ayat Number: 155

أَوۡ تَقُولُوٓاْ إِنَّمَآ أَشۡرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةٗ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡۖ أَفَتُهۡلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلۡمُبۡطِلُونَ

173. Or, lest you may say, our forefathers before committed polytheism, and we offspring. Will you then destroy us for what was done by the wrongdoers (400)?

Surah Name : Al-Araf   Surah Number : 7   Ayat Number: 173

۞أَفَلَمۡ يَسِيرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَيَنظُرُواْ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۖ دَمَّرَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِمۡۖ وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ أَمۡثَٰلُهَا

10.Have they not travelled in the land so that they may see what was the end (23)of those who were before them? Allah destroys (24) them utterly, and the infidels shall get the like thereof(25).

Surah Name : Muhammad   Surah Number : 47   Ayat Number: 10

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ قُوَّةٗ مِّن قَرۡيَتِكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَخۡرَجَتۡكَ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡ فَلَا نَاصِرَ لَهُمۡ

13.And how many a city that was stronger in might than your city, We have destroyed then, and they had no helper (32).

Surah Name : Muhammad   Surah Number : 47   Ayat Number: 13

فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكۡرِهِمۡ أَنَّا دَمَّرۡنَٰهُمۡ وَقَوۡمَهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ

51. Then see how was the end of their plot, We destroyed them (103) and their entire people (104).

Surah Name : An-Naml   Surah Number : 27   Ayat Number: 51

فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ

57. Then We delivered him and his family but his wife. We destroyed her that she is among those who stayed behind (110),

Surah Name : An-Naml   Surah Number : 27   Ayat Number: 57

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

139. Then they belied him therefore We destroyed them. (139) Undoubtedly in it there is necessarily a sign, but most of them were not Muslims. (140)

Surah Name : Ash-Shuara   Surah Number : 26   Ayat Number: 139

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ

172. Then we destroyed the others.

Surah Name : Ash-Shuara   Surah Number : 26   Ayat Number: 172

وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

208. And We destroyed not any town but it had its Warner's. (204)

Surah Name : Ash-Shuara   Surah Number : 26   Ayat Number: 208

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ

136.Then We utterly destroyed (138) the others.

Surah Name : As-Saffat   Surah Number : 37   Ayat Number: 136

مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٖ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتۡ حَرۡثَ قَوۡمٖ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فَأَهۡلَكَتۡهُۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنۡ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ

117. The example of what they spend of a wind in which there is intense in the life of this world (256) is like that cold which strikes the harvest of people who have wronged themselves (sinned) which destroys their harvest. And Allah has not wronged, but, yes, they do wrong unto their own souls (257).

Surah Name : Al Imran   Surah Number : 3   Ayat Number: 117

إِنۡ أَحۡسَنتُمۡ أَحۡسَنتُمۡ لِأَنفُسِكُمۡۖ وَإِنۡ أَسَأۡتُمۡ فَلَهَاۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لِيَسُـُٔواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ وَلِيَدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖ وَلِيُتَبِّرُواْ مَا عَلَوۡاْ تَتۡبِيرًا

7. If you do good it will be for yourself and if you do bad then it will be for yourself (19). When the second promise came (20), that the enemies might deface your faces (21), and enter into the Mosque (22), as they had entered into it the first time and may destroy utterly whatsoever may fall in their power (23).

Surah Name : Al-Isra   Surah Number : 17   Ayat Number: 7

وَإِذَآ أَرَدۡنَآ أَن نُّهۡلِكَ قَرۡيَةً أَمَرۡنَا مُتۡرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُواْ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡقَوۡلُ فَدَمَّرۡنَٰهَا تَدۡمِيرٗا

16. And We intend to destroy any town, We send Our Commands (43), to its well-to-do people, then they disobey (44) therein, then the world is fulfilled on them, then we destroy it with complete ruination (45).

Surah Name : Al-Isra   Surah Number : 17   Ayat Number: 16

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ نُوحٖۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرٗا

17. And many generations we have destroyed (46), after Nuh. And your Lord is sufficient as being the All Aware and the All-Seeing of the sins of His bondsmen (47).

Surah Name : Al-Isra   Surah Number : 17   Ayat Number: 17

وَإِن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحۡنُ مُهۡلِكُوهَا قَبۡلَ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ أَوۡ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗاۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَسۡطُورٗا

58. And there is no (126), town but that We shall destroy it before the day of judgement or will torment it severely (127). This is written down in the book.

Surah Name : Al-Isra   Surah Number : 17   Ayat Number: 58

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَى ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡقُرُونَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدٗى وَرَحۡمَةٗ لَّعَلَّهُمۡ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

43. And undoubtedly, We gave a Book to Musa after We had destroyed earlier generation(115), in which there are evident arguments for the people and guidance and mercy so that they may accept admonition.(116)

Surah Name : Al-Qasas   Surah Number : 28   Ayat Number: 43

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةِۭ بَطِرَتۡ مَعِيشَتَهَاۖ فَتِلۡكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمۡ لَمۡ تُسۡكَن مِّنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗاۖ وَكُنَّا نَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ

58. And how many a city have we destroyed (149) that behaved boastfully on their luxurious life (150).And these are their homes (151), which were been inhabited after them except briefly (152), and only We are inheritors (153)

Surah Name : Al-Qasas   Surah Number : 28   Ayat Number: 58

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ مُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ يَبۡعَثَ فِيٓ أُمِّهَا رَسُولٗا يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَاۚ وَمَا كُنَّا مُهۡلِكِي ٱلۡقُرَىٰٓ إِلَّا وَأَهۡلُهَا ظَٰلِمُونَ

59. And your Lord destroys not the cities until He sends in their real resort a Messenger (154) who may recite Our signs to them (155), and we destroy not the cities but when their inhabitants are oppressors (156)

Surah Name : Al-Qasas   Surah Number : 28   Ayat Number: 59

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عِندِيٓۚ أَوَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدۡ أَهۡلَكَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مَنۡ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنۡهُ قُوَّةٗ وَأَكۡثَرُ جَمۡعٗاۚ وَلَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ

78. He said, this indeed has been given to me because of a knowledge which is with me (192) and does he not know that Allah has destroyed (193) before him such generations who were stronger in strength than him and greater in accumulation (194) and the culprits shall be questioned of their sins, (195)

Surah Name : Al-Qasas   Surah Number : 28   Ayat Number: 78

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