Quran 20:128 — Taa-Haa, verse 128
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected 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!
أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِي مَسَاكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِأُولِي النُّهَىٰ
afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim inna fī dhālika laāyātin li-ulī l-nuhā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 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.
- Muhammad Asad
- 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!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَلَمْafalam | Then has not | — |
| 2 | يَهْدِyahdi | it guided | هدي |
| 3 | لَهُمْlahum | [for] them | — |
| 4 | كَمْkam | how many | — |
| 5 | أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknā | We (have) destroyed | هلك |
| 6 | قَبْلَهُمqablahum | before them | قبل |
| 7 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 8 | ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūni | the generations | قرن |
| 9 | يَمْشُونَyamshūna | (as) they walk | مشي |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗmasākinihim | their dwellings | سكن |
| 12 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 13 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 14 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 15 | لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātin | surely (are) Signs | أيي |
| 16 | لِّأُو۟لِىli-ulī | for possessors | أول |
| 17 | ٱلنُّهَىٰl-nuhā | (of) intelligence | نهي |