Tafsir of Surah Hud 11:117

﴿وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ﴾

Translation of the meaning

And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.

English Translation - Noor International Center — v1.1.2 · QuranEnc.com

The words of the two imams are given in their original Arabic, verbatim, with references.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

الصيغة تدل على امتناع المنفي«مجموع الفتاوى» 13/282

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim

فدل على أنه لو أهلكهم مع إصلاحهم لكان ظالما«مدارج السالكين بين منازل إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين» 1/251
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