# Does the Quran say every city will be destroyed before Judgement Day?

*Will every town be destroyed before the Day of Judgement?*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/17/
- Date: 2020-07-10 · Kind: discussion · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Shaykh Omar Baloch | Cynicism, Consumerism & the Catch 22 of Riba | Mindtrap with Mufti #30 (1:02:24–1:05:36)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCe73zqCi_I&t=3744s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/

**Topics:** Tafsir and verse study; End times and the Day of Judgement

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** The guest reads Quran 17:58 as a sign that humanity is headed for trouble; Mufti Abu Layth points to verses of blessing and God's lack of need to punish.

## Longer summary

The guest recites Quran 17:58, that there is no town but God will destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it severely, and says this need not mean destruction as punishment; it could mean that whatever lives will die, as Babylon is gone. The guest says that, with coming conflicts over fresh water and oil, it seems to him humanity is headed for trouble. Mufti Abu Layth says he does get that some verses of the Quran unquestionably speak of punishment, but feels there are others in which God is not one to withhold His blessings, and asks what God gains by punishing people. The guest replies that such verses speak of a village of tyrants on a micro scale, and Mufti says he is enjoying the exchange.

## Sources and names cited

- Shaykh Omar Baloch
- Quran 17:58: https://quran.com/17/58
- Quran 4:147: https://quran.com/4/147

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:02:24–1:05:36)

[1:01:43] important then your argument is fine and well but if you argue that no the structure it doesn't matter can be communism democracy or whatever the structures of the world are but it's the people in it that matter now when you have low the on one side and Trump on another side and in it and Yahoo on another side somebody's gonna act stupid and if they feel and it could be by accident but if somebody feels okay now they press the buttons they're gonna kill us now you know I I can see what you're saying but like let's take a real life example ideas completed Rachel it seems because we don't know the future but I believe that

[1:02:23] you know God seems to know the future [Laughter] and that is that that well then you do now Elena right either at Leyland una hora so it seems like it'll be the same day if something will happen one side of the day one side of the world will be night the other side will be day so John never see them no one ever comes and then we'll all be just you know also to the bonnie is right a min korea teen nanu maliku her oh why the boo have

[1:03:00] ableo melt a.m. there will not be one city before the day of judgement except we will destroy it or it'll be severely punished the same puppy comes again in Stuttgart century generally used for worse this does you know like in Korea in men Korea thing except that we are you know Maliki huh let's say we are going to destroy it does not necessitate I mean it can seem to say that God is gonna destroy it as a punishment but it could simply mean that whatever lives

[1:03:38] will die it could mean that look this city what we see yeah okay oh oh it may be on some cases that is destruction it may also be that so for example where is Babylon today where is the combining of the sudras right this curve starts with the same topic but essentially the middle so it seems that we will become so frustrated when it comes to fresh water there will be such conflict in crisis when it comes to oil there will be such conflicts in the world that it

[1:04:16] seems to me at least that we are headed for trouble you know but what about the other kind of verses if they did this life eternal Batiatus you know but katisa my wife what we would have its land know as a if they yeah but it's speaking about a recognition of god but Allah is saying he's not some he's not one to withhold from his barakat what am i I do get that there are verses of the Quran unquestionably that speak of things like punishment but I feel that there are other ones as well you know am i if I don't love you either become you know it what is a lot to gain out of punishing

[1:04:56] you what is complete the worst or you are the below what the well as long as you're doing it's default but if they're doing voted the answer to okay but this is a micro scale we see this one we're speaking about like there's a village with tyrants in it doing some no no no I know and this is really interesting I'm enjoying of course of course is the world is the world doing site

[1:05:35] right I you see I would feel that humanity is on a trajectory and I would feel that that trajectory is more positive than negative I would feel that it's more optimistic than pessimistic and I would feel that the hope is brighter than the despair that's how I generally see the world going in humanity going because when good within you but the world but I mean doesn't it I mean do we live today in an in a day and age where we care we cannot like I said before we can't deny that we have

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment wCe73zqCi_I/s/17. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/wce73zqci_i/s/17/

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