Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Surah Muhammad
Surah 47 · Muhammad · verse 13 of 38

Quran 47:13 · Muhammad

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

And how many a city was stronger than your city [Makkah] which drove you out? We destroyed them; and there was no helper for them

Translation: Sahih International
Maulana’s commentary · Tazkirul Quran

The people of Arabia, who had rejected the Prophet of God, were forewarned by him that they should not imagine that they would remain unscathed, simply because they were free to eat and drink at that time. They were completely within the grip of God and the proof of this was that if they persisted in rejecting the truth, they would be destroyed in accordance with the system of God. Things happened exactly according to the prediction. The upholders of Truth became dominant, while the rejectors of Truth were destroyed.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Tazkirul Quran

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