Quran 38:3 — Saad, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How many generations We have destroyed before them! They all cried out, once it was too late, for escape.
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ
kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥīna manāṣin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they called, but time was none to escape.
- Muhammad Asad
- How many a generation have We destroyed before their time [for this very sin]! And [how] they called [unto Us] when it was too late to escape!
- Sahih International
- How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَمْkam | How many | — |
| 2 | أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknā | We destroyed | هلك |
| 3 | مِنmin | before them | — |
| 4 | قَبْلِهِمqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 5 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 6 | قَرْنٍۢqarnin | a generation | قرن |
| 7 | فَنَادَوا۟fanādaw | then they called out | ندو |
| 8 | وَّلَاتَwalāta | when there (was) no longer | لوت |
| 9 | حِينَḥīna | time | حين |
| 10 | مَنَاصٍۢmanāṣin | (for) escape | نوص |