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وَحَرَامٌ عَلٰى قَرْيَةٍ اَهْلَكْنٰهَآ اَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُوْنَ   ( الأنبياء: ٩٥ )

waḥarāmun
وَحَرَٰمٌ
And (there is) prohibition
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
upon
qaryatin
قَرْيَةٍ
a city
ahlaknāhā
أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ
which We have destroyed
annahum
أَنَّهُمْ
that they
لَا
not
yarjiʿūna
يَرْجِعُونَ
will return

Wa haraamun 'alaa qaryatin ahlaknaahaaa annahum laa yarji'oon (al-ʾAnbiyāʾ 21:95)

Sahih International:

And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return (Al-Anbya [21] : 95)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

It is banned for (the people of) a town that We destroyed that they come back