Quran 54:51 — Al-Qamar, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have destroyed the likes of you in the past. Will anyone take heed?
وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ
walaqad ahlaknā ashyāʿakum fahal min muddakirin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have destroyed the likes of you; is there any that will remember?
- Muhammad Asad
- Thus, indeed, did We destroy people like you [in the past]: who, then, is willing to take it to heart?
- Sahih International
- And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | أَهْلَكْنَآahlaknā | We destroyed | هلك |
| 3 | أَشْيَاعَكُمْashyāʿakum | your kinds | شيع |
| 4 | فَهَلْfahal | so is (there) | — |
| 5 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 6 | مُّدَّكِرٍۢmuddakirin | who will receive admonition | ذكر |