And so it is that thy Sustainer would never destroy a community for its wrongdoing so long as its people are still unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]
And so it is that thy Sustainer would never destroy a community for its wrongdoing so long as its people are still unaware [of the meaning of right and wrong]
Clearly it is not the way of your Lord that He would destroy lands unjustly without their people being warned (beforehand of the consequence of their way of life) and therefore unmindful (of the distinctions between right and wrong, truth and falsehood)
(The messengers were sent), because your Lord would not destroy the townships of men for their wrong-doing while the people (of the townships) were not warned
Your Lord would not destroy towns without just cause while their residents were ignorant of the Reality
Dr. Munir Munshey
(The messengers were sent) because your Lord would never destroy any town unjustly while its residents were unaware and uninformed
Dr. Kamal Omar
This is because your Nourisher-Sustainer does not become one who destroys the towns out of injustice while their residents are ignorant (of the Message)
(They will be made to bear this witness to show that) it is not the way of your Lord to destroy cities unjustly while their people were unaware of the Truth
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
That is because your Master is not destroyer of the towns wrongfully (or for their wrongdoing) while their inhabitants are unaware
This (sending of the Messengers) was because your Lord would not destroy the towns due to injustice whilst the people living there were (absolutely) unaware (of the teachings of the truth, i.e., no one made them acquainted with the truth)
This is because your Lord would not destroy the (populations of) towns for their wrongdoing (i.e. associating others in worship along with Allah) while their people were unaware (so the Messengers were sent)
This hath been the method of God's dealing with his creatures, because thy Lord would not destroy the cities in their iniquity, while their inhabitants were careless
That is because your Rabb would not destroy communities of wrongdoers unless they have been informed through Rasuls.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
This is because your Lord would never destroy the towns unjustly while their people were negligent
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
Among the set of Allah's correlated principles is His merciful dealing with the guilty who lacked knowledge of what is wrong and what is right, nor has he been guided or warned. Therefore, never would Allah, your Creator, do away with the cities when their inhabitants were unconscious of the wrong they were accustomed to do