Surah Ya-Sin (يس) • Ya Sin

Quran 36:31

36:31

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

alam yaraw kam ahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni annahum ilayhim lā yarjiʿūna

Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?

— Saheeh International

Do they not see how many generations We have destroyed before them, none of whom will ever come back to them?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Do they not see how many of the generations We have destroyed before them? Verily, they will not return to them.

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

Juz 23Page 442meccan

Word by Word

أَلَمْalamDo not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
كَمْkamhow many
أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
قَبْلَهُمqablahumbefore them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
أَنَّهُمْannahumThat they
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
لَاlāwill not return
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnawill not return