Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:128

20:128

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim inna fī dhālika laāyātin li-ulī l-nuhā

Then, 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 for those of intelligence.

— Saheeh International

Do they not draw a lesson from the many generations We destroyed before them, through whose dwelling places they now walk? There truly are signs in this for anyone with understanding!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many generations We have destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they walk? Verily, in this are signs indeed for men of understanding.

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

Juz 16Page 321meccan

Word by Word

أَفَلَمْafalamThen has not
يَهْدِyahdiit guided
لَهُمْlahum[for] them
كَمْkamhow many
أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe (have) destroyed
قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
يَمْشُونَyamshūna(as) they walk
فِىfīin
مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْۗmasākinihimtheir dwellings
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
لِّأُو۟لِىli-ulīfor possessors
ٱلنُّهَىٰl-nuhā(of) intelligence