Surah As-Sajda 32:26 — translation and meaning

السجدة · Verse 26 / 30 · Page 417

ۚ ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِي مَسَاكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ أَفَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ

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ۖ
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Does it not
يَهْدِ
yahdi
guide
لَهُمْ
lahum
[for] them
كَمْ
kam
(that) how many
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlakna
We have destroyed
مِن
min
before them
قَبْلِهِم
qablihim
before them
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْقُرُونِ
al-quruni
the generations
يَمْشُونَ
yamshuna
they walk about
فِي
fi
in
مَسَاكِنِهِمْ
masakinihim
their dwellings
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِي
fi
in
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
لَآيَاتٍ
laayatin
surely, are Signs
أَفَلَا
afala
Then do not
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasma'una
they hear

Transliteration

Awalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknaa min qablihim minal qurooni yamshoona fee zaalika la aayaatin afalaa yasma'oon

Translation

Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Are these people blind that they cannot see how many of the previous nations I destroyed before them? Here they are, walking past dwellings which were previously resided in by those who were destroyed, yet they do not take heed from their state? Indeed, in the destruction of the previous nations due to their disbelief, are lessons from which the truth of their Messengers can be proven, who came to them from Allah. Will these rejecters of the verses of Allah then not listen attentively using their intellects?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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