Surah Qaf 50:36 — translation and meaning
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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا فِي الْبِلَادِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
Word by Word
وَكَمْ
wakam
And how many
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlakna
We destroyed
قَبْلَهُم
qablahum
before them
مِّن
min
of
قَرْنٍ
qarnin
a generation
هُمْ
hum
they
أَشَدُّ
ashaddu
(were) stronger
مِنْهُم
min'hum
than them
بَطْشًا
batshan
(in) power
فَنَقَّبُوا
fanaqqabu
so they explored
فِي
fi
throughout
الْبِلَادِ
al-biladi
the lands
هَلْ
hal
Is (there)
مِن
min
any
مَّحِيصٍ
mahisin
place of escape
Transliteration
Wa kam ahlaknaa qablahum min qarnin hum ashaddu minhum batshan fanaqqaboo fil bilaad, hal mim mahees
Translation
And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
How many nations there were which I destroyed before these denying idolaters amongst the people of Makkah. They searched in the lands hoping to find a place to run to, but they did not find it.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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