Surah Hud, ayah 116
فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْفَسَادِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّمَّنْ أَنجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَآ أُتْرِفُوا۟ فِيهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
Hud · 11:116
Word by word
- فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo why not
- كَانَkānahad been
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
- مِنminbefore you
- قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
- أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose possessing a remnant
- بَقِيَّةٍۢbaqiyyatinthose possessing a remnant
- يَنْهَوْنَyanhawnaforbidding
- عَنِʿanifrom
- ٱلْفَسَادِl-fasādithe corruption
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
- مِّمَّنْmimmanof those
- أَنجَيْنَاanjaynāWe saved
- مِنْهُمْ ۗmin'humamong them
- وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaBut followed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdid wrong
- مَآmāwhat
- أُتْرِفُوا۟ut'rifūluxury they were given
- فِيهِfīhitherein
- وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
- مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals
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