59وَتِلكَ القُرىٰ أَهلَكناهُم لَمّا ظَلَموا وَجَعَلنا لِمَهلِكِهِم مَوعِدًاMuhammad Asadas [was the case with all] those communities that We destroyed when they went on and on doing wrong:1 for We had set a time-limit for their destruction.Lit., "when [or "after"] they had been doing wrong" - i.e., persistently and for a long time.