سورة مَریَم

Surah Maryam 19:74

Mary · Verse 74 of 98

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَاثًا وَرِئْيًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were better off in assets and better in outward show and splendour (than these).

But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?

How many generations that had far more wealth and ostentation have We laid low before them!

12 more translations

And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were superior in respect of possessions and outward show!

And how many a generation have We destroyed before these, who were goodlier in goods and outward appearance? *Chapter:19

And many a generation We did destroy before them, who exceeded them in wealth and pomp!

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them, who had better possessions and appearance!

And how many a generation have WE destroyed before them, who were better off than these in wealth and better in outward show.

And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time - [people] who surpassed them in material power and in outward show!

And how many a generation (past nations) have We destroyed before them, who were better in wealth, goods and outward appearance?

How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!

How many generations of greater prosperity and splendor have We destroyed before them?

And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them who were better in respect of goods and outward appearance!

Many a generation have we annihilated before them; they were more powerful, and more prosperous.

But many generations We have destroyed before them. They were more imposing in equipment and in outward glitter.