Surah Sad, ayah 3
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
Sad · 38:3
Word by word
- كَمْkamHow many
- أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
- مِنminbefore them
- قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
- مِّنminof
- قَرْنٍۢqarnina generation
- فَنَادَوا۟fanādawthen they called out
- وَّلَاتَwalātawhen there (was) no longer
- حِينَḥīnatime
- مَنَاصٍۢmanāṣin(for) escape
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