يُونُس : ١٣

  • وَلَقَدۡ And verily
  • أَهۡلَكۡنَا We destroyed
  • ٱلۡقُرُونَ the generations
  • مِن before you
  • قَبۡلِكُمۡ before you
  • لَمَّا when
  • ظَلَمُواْ they wronged
  • وَجَآءَتۡهُمۡ and came to them
  • رُسُلُهُم their Messengers
  • بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ with clear proofs
  • وَمَا but not
  • كَانُواْ they were
  • لِيُؤۡمِنُواْۚ to believe
  • كَذَٰلِكَ Thus
  • نَجۡزِي We recompense
  • ٱلۡقَوۡمَ the people
  • ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ (who are) criminals
And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.
And indeed We have destroyed generations, communities, before you, O people of Mecca, when they did evil, by way of idolatry, and, indeed, their messengers brought them clear proofs, indicating their truthfulness; but they would not believe (wa-maa kaanoo li-yu'minoo: this is a supplement to zalamoo, 'they did evil'). So, just as We destroyed those, We shall requite the sinning, the unbelieving, folk.