أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍۢ مَّكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًۭا وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ
How to read it
'Alam' yaraw' kam' 'ah'lak'nā min qab'lihim mmin qar'nin mmakkannāhum' fī l-'ar'ḍi mā lam' numakkin llakum' wa'ar'salnā ssamā'a ʻalay'him mmid'rāran wajaʻalnā l-'an'hāra taj'rī min taḥ'tihim' fa'ah'lak'nāhum bidhunūbihim' wa'ansha''nā min[m] baʻ'dihim' qar'nan 'ākharīna
See they not how many of those before them We did destroy?- generations We had established on the earth, in strength such as We have not given to you - for whom We poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for their sins We destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to succeed them).
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
