Quran 10:13 — Yunus, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Before you people, We destroyed whole generations when they did evil- their messengers brought them clear signs but they refused to believe. This is how We repay the guilty.
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا ۙ وَجَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَمَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ
walaqad ahlaknā l-qurūna min qablikum lammā ẓalamū wajāathum rusuluhum bil-bayināti wamā kānū liyu'minū kadhālika najzī l-qawma l-muj'rimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We destroyed the generations before you when they did evil, and their Messengers came to them with the clear signs, but they would not believe; so We recompense the people of the sinners.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, We destroyed before your time [whole] generations when they [persistently] did evil although the apostles sent unto them brought them all evidence of the truth; for they refused to believe [them]. Thus do We requite people who are lost in sin.
- Sahih International
- And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknā | We destroyed | هلك |
| 3 | ٱلْقُرُونَl-qurūna | the generations | قرن |
| 4 | مِنmin | before you | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِكُمْqablikum | before you | قبل |
| 6 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 7 | ظَلَمُوا۟ ۙẓalamū | they wronged | ظلم |
| 8 | وَجَآءَتْهُمْwajāathum | and came to them | جيأ |
| 9 | رُسُلُهُمrusuluhum | their Messengers | رسل |
| 10 | بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayināti | with clear proofs | بين |
| 11 | وَمَاwamā | but not | — |
| 12 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 13 | لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚliyu'minū | to believe | أمن |
| 14 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 15 | نَجْزِىnajzī | We recompense | جزي |
| 16 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 17 | ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَl-muj'rimīna | (who are) criminals | جرم |