Quran 50:36 — Qaaf, verse 36
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have destroyed even mightier generations before these disbelievers, who travelled through [many] lands- was there any escape?
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا فِي الْبِلَادِ هَلْ مِنْ مَحِيصٍ
wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu min'hum baṭshan fanaqqabū fī l-bilādi hal min maḥīṣin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How many a generation We destroyed before them that was stronger in valour than they, then they searched about in the land; was there any asylum?
- Muhammad Asad
- AND HOW MANY a generation have We destroyed before those [who now deny the truth] people of greater might than theirs; but [when Our chastisement befell them,] they became wanderers on the face of the earth, seeking no more than a place of refuge
- Sahih International
- And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?
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 | أَشَدُّashaddu | (were) stronger | شدد |
| 8 | مِنْهُمmin'hum | than them | — |
| 9 | بَطْشًۭاbaṭshan | (in) power | بطش |
| 10 | فَنَقَّبُوا۟fanaqqabū | so they explored | نقب |
| 11 | فِىfī | throughout | — |
| 12 | ٱلْبِلَـٰدِl-bilādi | the lands | بلد |
| 13 | هَلْhal | Is (there) | — |
| 14 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 15 | مَّحِيصٍmaḥīṣin | place of escape | حيص |