Quran 19:74 — Maryam, verse 74
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have destroyed many a generation before them who surpassed them in riches and outward glitter!
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَاثًا وَرِئْيًا
wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum aḥsanu athāthan wari'yan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were fairer in furnishing and outward show!
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time-[people] who surpassed them in material power and in outward show!
- Sahih International
- And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَمْwakam | And how many | — |
| 2 | أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknā | We destroyed | هلك |
| 3 | قَبْلَهُمqablahum | before them | قبل |
| 4 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 5 | قَرْنٍqarnin | a generation | قرن |
| 6 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 7 | أَحْسَنُaḥsanu | (were) better | حسن |
| 8 | أَثَـٰثًۭاathāthan | (in) possessions | أثث |
| 9 | وَرِءْيًۭاwari'yan | and appearance | رأي |