(4) And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - صحيح انترناشونال
 4. And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

And in no way did We cause any town to perish except that it had a known (prescribed) Book.
— Dr. Ghali - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

And never did We destroy a township but there was a known decree for it.
— Muhsin Khan - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

And We destroyed no township but there was a known decree for it.
— Pickthall - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.
— Yusuf Ali - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.
— Sahih International - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

(15:4) Whenever We destroyed a town, a definite term had previously been
decreed for it.2
— Abul Ala Maududi(With tafsir) - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

Never have We destroyed a community that did not have a set time;
— Abdul Haleem - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

We did not destroy any town without having a pre-determined time for it.
— Mufti Taqi Usmani - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran - English translation
وَمَآ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَرۡيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ

We have never destroyed a society without a destined term.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation
We never destroyed any town except that it had a destined time.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية - مركز رواد الترجمة
4. For each oppressive town that became destroyed, Allah already knew of its fixed time. The destruction will neither come before or after its time.
— الترجمة الإنجليزية للمختصر في تفسير القرآن الكريم
Never have We destroyed any community unless divine revelations have been made known to it.
— ترجمة معاني القرآن الكريم - عادل صلاحي