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quran:11:117 –

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

Yet your Lord would never destroy the towns through injustice, on His part, against them, while their inhabitants were righteous, that is, believers.
القرآن:١١:١١٧ –

وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ  

{وما كان ربك ليهلك القرى بظلم} منه لها {وأهلها مصلحون} مؤمنون.

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quran:6:131 –

That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.  

That, sending of the messengers, is because (an, ˹phonetically˺ lightened, with the lām ˹of li-annahu˺ implied, thus ˹read as˺ li-annahu, ‘because’) your Lord would never destroy the towns through injustice, on their part, while their inhabitants were heedless, not having had any Messenger to make ˹things˺ clear to them.
القرآن:٦:١٣١ –

ذَٰلِكَ أَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَافِلُونَ  

{ذلك} أي إرسال الرسل {أن} اللام مقدرة وهي مخففة أي لأنه {لم يكن ربَّك مهلك القرى بظلم} منها {وأهلها غافلون} لم يرسل إليهم رسول يبين لهم؟.

بَابٌ

tabarani:2281 – Abū Ḥanīfah Muḥammad b. Ḥanīfah al-Wāsiṭī > Abū al-Ashʿath Aḥmad b. al-Miqdām > ʿUbayd b. al-Qāsim > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays > Jarīr

[Machine] When {And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers} was revealed, he said, "And their people help each other."  

الطبراني:٢٢٨١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَنِيفَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الْأَشْعَثِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرَى بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ} قَالَ «وَأَهْلُهَا يُنْصِفُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا»