Surah Ta-Ha 20:128 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 128 / 135 · Page 321

ۖ أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِي مَسَاكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي النُّهَى

Word by Word

ۖ
أَفَلَمْ
afalam
Then has not
يَهْدِ
yahdi
it guided
لَهُمْ
lahum
[for] them
كَمْ
kam
how many
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlakna
We (have) destroyed
قَبْلَهُم
qablahum
before them
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْقُرُونِ
al-quruni
the generations
يَمْشُونَ
yamshuna
(as) they walk
فِي
fi
in
مَسَاكِنِهِمْ
masakinihim
their dwellings
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِي
fi
in
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
لَآيَاتٍ
laayatin
surely (are) Signs
لِّأُولِي
li-uli
for possessors
النُّهَى
al-nuha
(of) intelligence

Transliteration

Afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknaa qablahum minal qurooni yamshoona fee masaakinihim; inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil li ulinnuhaa

Translation

Then, 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 for those of intelligence.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Is it not clear to the idolaters how many nations I destroyed before them? They walk in the homes of these destroyed nations and see the effects of what befell them. In the destruction and ruination which befell these many nations are lessons for people of intelligence.

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

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