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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَـٰثًا وَرِءْيًا

Word by word

وَكَمْ

And how many

Preposition

أَهْلَكْنَا

We destroyed

Verb

قَبْلَهُم

before them

Noun

مِّن

Preposition

قَرْنٍ

a generation

Noun

هُمْ

they

Noun

أَحْسَنُ

(were) better

Noun

أَثَٰثًا

(in) possessions

Noun

وَرِءْيًا

and appearance

Noun

But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Halbuki biz, kendilerinden evvel, mal ve gösterişce daha güzel nice asırlar halkını helak etmişizdir.

(Oysa) kendilerinden önce güç ve gösteriş bakımından daha güzel olan nice nesilleri helak etmiştik.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain