فَلَوْلَا So why not falawlā had been kāna of mina the generations l-qurūni before you min before you qablikum those possessing a remnant ulū those possessing a remnant baqiyyatin forbidding yanhawna from ʿani the corruption l-fasādi in fī the earth l-arḍi except illā a few qalīlan of those mimman We saved anjaynā among them min'hum But followed wa-ittabaʿa those who alladhīna did wrong ẓalamū what mā luxury they were given ut'rifū therein fīhi and they were wakānū criminals muj'rimīna
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
وَمَا And not wamā would kāna your Lord rabbuka destroy liyuh'lika the cities l-qurā unjustly biẓul'min while its people wa-ahluhā (were) reformers muṣ'liḥūna
And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.