15:4 wa maa ahlaknaa min qaryatin il-laa wa lahaa kitaabum ma'Åluum

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And every dwelling that We destroyed, had a known decree for it.

Yusuf Ali:
Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.

Pickthal:
And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.