مَرْيَم : ٩٨

  • وَكَمۡ And how many
  • أَهۡلَكۡنَا We (have) destroyed
  • قَبۡلَهُم before them
  • مِّن of
  • قَرۡنٍ a generation
  • هَلۡ Can
  • تُحِسُّ you perceive
  • مِنۡهُم of them
  • مِّنۡ any
  • أَحَدٍ one
  • أَوۡ or
  • تَسۡمَعُ hear
  • لَهُمۡ from them
  • رِكۡزَۢا a sound
And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?
And how many - in other words, many - a generation, namely, [how many] a community from among the communities of the past, We have destroyed before them, for their denial of [Our] messengers. Can you see, [can] you find, [so much as] one of them, or hear from them [so much as] the faintest sound? No, indeed! So, just as We destroyed those [folk], We shall destroy these [Meccans].