Tafseer Ibn Kathir of AL ISRAA' [58]

58. And there is not a town (population) but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with a severe torment. That is written in the Book (of Our decrees) Here Allah tells us that He has decreed and it is written in Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet) which is with Him, that there is no town that He will not destroy by wiping out all its people or by punishing them,

(with a severe torment.) either by killing them or sending calamities upon them as He wills. This will be because of their sins, as Allah says of the past nations:

(We wronged them not, but they wronged themselves.) ï´¿11:101ï´¾

(So it tasted the evil result of its affair (disbelief), and the consequence of its affair (disbelief) was loss.) ï´¿65:9ï´¾

(And many a town (population) revolted against the command of its Lord and His Messengers;) ï´¿65:8ï´¾ and many Ayat.