God Most Gracious created His creatures so as to be Merciful to them, but most of them chose to commit the wrong-doing, the oppressing of each other and they trespassed the rights of the weak among them .. therefore, He let them taste the tyranny of one another
consequently conflicts, wars, fear, loss of security and peace .. then diseases and disasters afflicted them
Here are the wonderful ayat with their miraculous interpretation
Quran 11: 116 which mean
If only, among the generations [whom We destroyed] before you
there had been men of a remainder [of conscience and righteousness] forbidding corruption in the earth
[We would not have destroyed them a ]
except a few of those [believers who forbade the corruption] whom We saved [of the destruction. b
But the wrong-doers followed the [lusts] in which they were prospered c , and [moreover] they were guilty [in addition to their corruption
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116
a It means: If among the past generations, there had been some men having conscience so as to forbid the corruption, We would not have destroyed them with the punishment
116
b i.e. except the believers whom We saved: they forbade the corruption, and they were few
116
c It means: They followed their lusts, and therefore, they did not forbid the corruption, because in fact they themselves were corrupt
http://quran-ayat.com/pret/11.htm#a11_118
quran-ayat.com/pret/11.htm#a11_118
The implication of this aya: God tells us that He destroyed the past generations because most of them were corrupt. Had they been reformers and upright, He would not have terminated them
They in fact followed their lusts about every sin and disobedience and wrong-doing
Only a few among them were upright and reformers: they forbade the indecency .. and such believers were saved from the punishment and termination
Now listen to this excellent recitation of these and other ayat