Surah Taha (طه) • Ta-Ha

Quran 20:51

20:51

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

qāla famā bālu l-qurūni l-ūlā

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

— Saheeh International

He said, ‘What about former generations?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

[Fir‘aun (Pharaoh)] said: "What about the generations of old?"

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
فَمَاfamāThen what
بَالُbālu(is the) case
ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūni(of) the generations
ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā(of) the former