Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 98
| وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًا |
| Transliteration | : | wa- kam ahlaknaa qabla -hum min qarn hal tuh.iss min -hum min 'ah.ad 'aw tasmac la- -hum rikz(an) |
| Pickthall | : | And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou (Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound? |
| Asad | : | for, how many a generation82 have We destroyed before their time - [and] canst thou perceive any one of them [now], or hear any whisper of them? |
| Malik | : | How many generations have We destroyed before them! Can you see any of them, or hear even a sound of them? |
| Yusuf Ali | : | But how many (countless) generation before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them? 2533 |
Note - 82I.e., civilization - a meaning which the term qarn has
also in the identical phrase in verse {74}.
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Note - 2533Cf. xix. 74, from which this sentence is brought up as a
reminiscence, showing the progress of sin, the Guidance
which Allah gives to the good, the degradation of
blasphemy, the respite granted, and the final End, when
personal responsibility will be enforced.
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