The word(s) "cities" appears 27 time(s) in 25 verse(s) in Quran in Saheeh International translation.

(1) And this is a Book which We have sent down, blessed and confirming what was before it, that you may warn the Mother of cities and those around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it, and they are maintaining their prayers.

(2) That is because your Lord would not destroy the cities for wrongdoing while their people were unaware.

(3) And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

(4) And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning."

(5) Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep?

(6) Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play?

(7) Those cities - We relate to you, [O Muhammad], some of their news. And certainly did their messengers come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus does Allah seal over the hearts of the disbelievers.

(8) They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers

(9) That is from the news of the cities, which We relate to you; of them, some are [still] standing and some are [as] a harvest [mowed down].

(10) And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.