وَإِن مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحۡنُ مُهۡلِكُوهَا قَبۡلَ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ أَوۡ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابٗا شَدِيدٗاۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَسۡطُورٗا ٥٨
Wa im min qaryatin illā nahnu muhlikūhā qabla yawmil-qiyāmati aw mu'addhibūhā 'adhāban shadīdan kāna dhālika fil-kitābi mastūrā
And there is no city but that We will destroy it755 before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. That has ever been in the Register756 inscribed.
Footnotes
755 Because of the sins of its inhabitants.
756 The Preserved Slate (al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ), which is with Allāh.