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20. Surah • 128. Verse
Word Analysis
أَفَلَمْ
afalam
Then has not
لَهُمْ
lahum
[for] them
كَمْ
kam
how many
مِّنَ
mina
of
فِى
fī
in
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِى
fī
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
Does it ever occur to them how many previous generations we have annihilated? They are now walking in the homes of those before them. These are signs for those who possess intelligence.
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Is it not a guide to them how many generations We had destroyed before them, which they are walking now in their homes? In that are signs for the people of understanding.
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
Is it not a guide to them how many generations We had destroyed before them, which they are walking now in their homes? In that are signs for the people of understanding.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
Did they[1] not find any guidance in the fact that We destroyed many nations in whose ruined dwelling-places they now walk about? Surely there are many Signs in them for people endowed with wisdom.[2]
1
"For them": means people of Makkah.
2
That is, in this lesson of history and in the observation of the archaeological remains and in this experience of mankind.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
Did it give them no guidance (to realize) how many generations We have destroyed prior to them in whose dwellings they (often) walk around? Surely, in this there are signs for the men of reason.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many generations We have destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they walk? Verily, in this are signs indeed for men of understanding.
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
Do they not draw a lesson from the many generations We destroyed before them, through whose dwelling places they now walk? There truly are signs in this for anyone with understanding!
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
Is it not yet clear to them how many peoples We destroyed before them, whose ruins they still pass by? Surely in this are signs for people of sound judgment.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
Does it afford them no guidance that We destroyed before them many a generation in whose dwellings they now go about. Indeed, in this there are signs for those who possess understanding.
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
Is it not a guidance to them, how many generations We destroyed before them in whose dwelling-places they walk? Surely in that are signs for men possessing reason.
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
Thus do We recompense him who is extravagant and believes not in the revelations of his Lord; and the doom of the hereafter is keener and more lasting!
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
Are they not guided by the many generations We have destroyed before them, among whose dwelling places they walk about? There are Signs in that for people of sound intellect.
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
Does it not occur to them how many generations we have destroyed before them?- they walk in their very dwelling-places; verily, in that are signs to those endued with intelligence.
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
Do they ever learn from the story of so many generations that I destroyed in the past? They walk over the ruins of their houses. What lessons to learn by those who use their brain and contemplate.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
So, is it not (a sign) to guide them, how many generations We have caused to perish before them, in whose dwellings they walk? Surely in that are indeed signs for the ones endowed with intelligence.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
Are not the Meccans therefore acquainted how many generations we have destroyed before them; in whose dwellings they walk? Verily herein are signs unto those who are indued with understanding.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
Does it not dawn upon them how many generations We have destroyed before them, amid [the ruins of] whose dwellings they walk? There are indeed signs in this for those who have reason.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
Did they not learn from the many generations that We destroyed before them, whose habitations they now frequent? Verily there are signs in this for men of understanding.
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
CAN, THEN, they [who reject the truth] learn no lesson by recalling how many a generation We have destroyed before their time? - [people] in whose dwelling-places they [themselves now] walk about? In this, behold, there are messages indeed for those who are endowed with reason!
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
Do they not perceive O Muhammad mentally and by sight the significance of Allah's penalties! and have they failed to realize how many generations before them did We reduce to a useless form? They tread their dwellings they once occupied and they see with their own eyes the consequence of disobeying Allah. Indeed such outcome is emblematic of Allah's signs recognized by people of insight.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
Is it not a warning to those men (to remember) how many peoples We destroyed before them, in whose shadows they (now) move? Surely, in this are Signs for men blessed with understanding. [
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
Is it not a guide to them how many generations We had destroyed before them, which they are walking now in their homes In that are signs for the people of understanding.
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
Is it not a guidance for them to know how many a generation Our Law destroyed before them, amid whose dwelling-places they now walk? In this, behold, are Signs for men and women of thought.
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
Does it not then guide them how many generations We destroyed before them in whose dwellings they walk? In that are proofs for possessors of intelligence.