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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

Word by word

وَكَمْ

And how many

Preposition

أَهْلَكْنَا

We destroyed

Verb

Root: هلك

قَبْلَهُم

before them

Noun

Root: قبل

مِّن

Preposition

قَرْنٍ

a generation

Noun

Root: قرن

هُمْ

they

Noun

أَشَدُّ

(were) stronger

Noun

Root: شدد

مِنْهُم

than them

Preposition

بَطْشًا

(in) power

Noun

Root: بطش

فَنَقَّبُوا۟

so they explored

Verb

Root: نقب

فِى

throughout

Preposition

ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

the lands

Noun

Root: بلد

هَلْ

Is (there)

Preposition

مِن

any

Preposition

مَّحِيصٍ

place of escape

Noun

Root: حيص

Translation

But how many generations before them did We destroy (for their sins),- stronger in power than they? Then did they wander through the land: was there any place of escape (for them)?

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Ey Muhammed! Biz onlardan önce kendilerinden daha kuvvetli olan ve beldeleri delik deşik eden nice nesilleri helak ettik, hiç kurtuluş var mı?

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Biz onlardan önce kendilerinden çok daha güçlü olan ve (ölümden kurtulmak için) “Sığınılacak bir yer var mı?” diye diyar diyar dolaşan nice nesilleri yok etmişizdir.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain