وَإِذَآ
أَرَدْنَآ
أَن
نُّهْلِكَ
قَرْيَةً
أَمَرْنَا
مُتْرَفِيهَا
فَفَسَقُوا۟
فِيهَا
فَحَقَّ
عَلَيْهَا
ٱلْقَوْلُ
فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَا
تَدْمِيرًۭا
١٦
When We decide to destroy a town, We command those corrupted by wealth [to reform], but they [persist in their] disobedience; Our sentence is passed, and We destroy them utterly.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem