Assalam alikum I was just wondering this sounds like a contradiction the verses are 46:25 and 51:42 because in the first verse it says wind destroyed everything except there dwellings and in the second verse it says the wind left nothing except dust
Shalom / peace ....can't you find another subject title?? One which is more descriptive.....such as ' reconciling verses' etc....why put just a blank title inplying first that there is a contradicton in the scripture?
Sorry I don't know how to change the title
According to Yusuf Ali, the second verse you cited says "ruins," not dust, and could refer to the ruins of their houses.
Yes, their "dust" here is a clear reference to the disintegrated ruins of their houses.
Regards
wanderer
But ruins in English nothing hardly there left
salam yahya
46:25: Destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
51:42: It spared nothing that it reached, but blew it into broken spreads of rotten ruins.
I don't think there is any contradiction. We must think of these two ayat together. The wind destroyed everything it reached, leaving their dwellings. This is what "ruin" look like:
(http://images.digopaul.com/wp-content/uploads/related_images/2015/09/10/ruin_3.jpg)
Thanks jazzakkallah