Quran 19:98 — Maryam, verse 98
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How many generations We have destroyed before them! Do you perceive a single one of them now, or hear as much as a whisper?
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًا
wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu min'hum min aḥadin aw tasmaʿu lahum rik'zan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And how many a generation We destroyed before them! Dost thou perceive so much as one of them, or hear of them a whisper?
- Muhammad Asad
- for, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time - [and] canst thou perceive any one of them [now], or hear any whisper of them?
- Sahih International
- And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَمْwakam | And how many | — |
| 2 | أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknā | We (have) destroyed | هلك |
| 3 | قَبْلَهُمqablahum | before them | قبل |
| 4 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 5 | قَرْنٍqarnin | a generation | قرن |
| 6 | هَلْhal | Can | — |
| 7 | تُحِسُّtuḥissu | you perceive | حسس |
| 8 | مِنْهُمmin'hum | of them | — |
| 9 | مِّنْmin | any | — |
| 10 | أَحَدٍaḥadin | one | أحد |
| 11 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 12 | تَسْمَعُtasmaʿu | hear | سمع |
| 13 | لَهُمْlahum | from them | — |
| 14 | رِكْزًۢاrik'zan | a sound | ركز |