Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:98

19:98

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu min'hum min aḥadin aw tasmaʿu lahum rik'zan

And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?

— Saheeh International

How many generations We have destroyed before them! Do you perceive a single one of them now, or hear as much as a whisper?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Can you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) find a single one of them or hear even a whisper of them?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 16Page 312meccan

Word by Word

وَكَمْwakamAnd how many
أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe (have) destroyed
قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
مِّنminof
قَرْنٍqarnina generation
هَلْhalCan
تُحِسُّtuḥissuyou perceive
مِنْهُمmin'humof them
مِّنْminany
أَحَدٍaḥadinone
أَوْawor
تَسْمَعُtasmaʿuhear
لَهُمْlahumfrom them
رِكْزًۢاrik'zana sound