Quran 21:6 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But of the communities We destroyed before them not a single one believed. Will these now believe?
مَا آمَنَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَاهَا ۖ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ
mā āmanat qablahum min qaryatin ahlaknāhā afahum yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Not one city that We destroyed before them believed; what then, will they not believe?
- Muhammad Asad
- Not one of the communities that We destroyed in bygone times would ever believe [their prophets]: will these, then, [be more willing to] believe?
- Sahih International
- Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them, so will they believe?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَآmā | Not | — |
| 2 | ءَامَنَتْāmanat | believed | أمن |
| 3 | قَبْلَهُمqablahum | before them | قبل |
| 4 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 5 | قَرْيَةٍqaryatin | town | قري |
| 6 | أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآ ۖahlaknāhā | which We destroyed | هلك |
| 7 | أَفَهُمْafahum | so will they | — |
| 8 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |