ٱلسَّجْدَة : ٢٦

  • أَوَلَمۡ Does it not
  • يَهۡدِ guide
  • لَهُمۡ [for] them
  • كَمۡ (that) how many
  • أَهۡلَكۡنَا We have destroyed
  • مِن before them
  • قَبۡلِهِم before them
  • مِّنَ of
  • ٱلۡقُرُونِ the generations
  • يَمۡشُونَ they walk about
  • فِي in
  • مَسَٰكِنِهِمۡۚ their dwellings
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • فِي in
  • ذَٰلِكَ that
  • لَأٓيَٰتٍۚ surely, are Signs
  • أَفَلَا Then do not
  • يَسۡمَعُونَ they hear
Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear?
Or is it not an indication for them how many generations, communities, on account of their disbelief, We destroyed before them, that is to say, has [not] Our destruction of many [generations] become clear to the disbelievers of Mecca, amid whose dwellings they walk (yamshoona is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the person of the pronoun lahum, 'for them') during their travels to Syria and other places, so that they might take heed? Surely in that there are signs, indications of Our power. Are they not able to hear?, in a way so as to reflect and be admonished.