38:3
كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ
kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥīna manāṣin
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
— Saheeh International
How many generations We have destroyed before them! They all cried out, once it was too late, for escape.
— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
How many a generation have We destroyed before them! And they cried out when there was no longer time for escape.
— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali