Surah Al-Mursalat (المرسلات) • The Emissaries

Quran 77:16

77:16

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

alam nuh'liki l-awalīna

Did We not destroy the former peoples?

— Saheeh International

Did We not destroy the first [of them]?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Did We not destroy the ancients?

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

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Word by Word

أَلَمْalamDid not
نُهْلِكِnuh'likiWe destroy
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former (people)