The Quran

سورة مَریَم

Surah Maryam 19:98

Mary · Verse 98 of 98

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

Many a generation have We destroyed before them! Can you find (so much as) a single one of them or can you hear (even) a whisper of them?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them?

Ahmed Ali

How many generations have We laid low before them. Do you see any sign of them, or hear the least whisper of them?

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Ali Unal

And how many a generation We have destroyed before them! Can you feel (the existence) of a single one of them, or hear any whisper of them?

Daryabadi

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them! Perceivest thou of them anyone or hear of them a whisper? *Chapter:20

Faridul Haque

And many a generation We did destroy before them; do you see any one of them or hear their faintest sound?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou see any one of them or hear a sound of them?

Maulvi Sher Ali

And how many a generation have WE destroyed before them ! Canst thou perceive a single one of them, or hear even a whisper of them?

Muhammad Asad

for, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time - [and] canst thou perceive any one of them [now], or hear any whisper of them?

Muhammad Musin Khan

And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Can you (O Muhammad SAW) find a single one of them or hear even a whisper of them?

Muhammad Pickthall

And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou (Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound?

Muhammad Sarwar

How many generations living before them did We destroy? Do you find anyone of them around or do you even hear any word from them?

Muhammed ali Shakir

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them! Do you see any one of them or hear a sound of them?

Rashad Khalifa

Many a generation before them we annihilated; can you perceive any of them, or hear from them any sound?

Shabbir Ahmed

But We have destroyed many generations before them. Can you perceive a single one of them now or hear a whisper of them?