قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِىٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةًۭ وَأَكْثَرُ جَمْعًۭا ۚ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ
How to read it
Qāla 'innamā 'ūtītuhu ʻalā ʻil'min ʻindī . 'awalam' yaʻ'lam' 'anna -llaha qad' 'ah'laka min qab'lihī mina l-qurūni man' huwa 'ashaddu min'hu quwatan wa'ak'tharu jam'ʻan . walā yus''alu ʻan dhunūbihimu l-muj'rimūna
He said: "This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge which I have." Did he not know that Allah had destroyed, before him, (whole) generations,- which were superior to him in strength and greater in the amount (of riches) they had collected? but the wicked are not called (immediately) to account for their sins.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

