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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 oppressed, inheritors of the eastern and western parts of the land [289] in which We placed Our blessings [290]. And the gracious promise of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel [291], in reward for their patience. And We destroyed whatever Pharaoh and his people produced 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. So 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 say, "Our forefathers had committed polytheism before, and we were merely their descendants after them. Will You then destroy us for what the falsifiers did?" [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 saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be 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. So they belied him, and We destroyed them. [139] Indeed, in that is a sign, but most of them were not believers. [140]

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

ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ

172. Then We destroyed the others. [172]

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 in this worldly life [256] is like a wind with a cold that strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves (sinned), destroying it. And Allah has not wronged them; rather, they wrong 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 is for yourselves, and if you do evil, it is against yourselves [19]. When the second promise came [20], it was to make your faces fearful [21], to enter the Mosque [22] as they had entered it the first time, and to utterly destroy whatever they had gained control over [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 when We intend to destroy a town [43], We command its affluent people [44], and they become disobedient in it. So, the decree is fulfilled upon it, and We completely destroy it [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 how many generations [46] We have destroyed after Nuh. And your Lord is enough as the All-Aware and the All-Seeing of the sins of His servants [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 town [126] but that We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment [127]. This is written 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 indeed, We gave Musa the Scripture after We had destroyed the previous generations, [115] containing clear signs for the people, and guidance and mercy, so that they may take heed. [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 in their luxurious life [150]. And these are their homes [151], which were inhabited after them only briefly [152], and We are the 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 does not destroy the cities until He sends in their main city a Messenger [154] who may recite Our signs to them [155], and We do not destroy the cities except 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 has been given to me only because of a knowledge I possess [192]. Does he not know that Allah has destroyed [193] before him such generations who were stronger than him and greater in accumulation [194]? And the criminals will not be questioned about their sins [195]."

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

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