Surah Ta-Ha 20:51 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 51 / 135 · Page 314

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَى

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
فَمَا
fama
Then what
بَالُ
balu
(is the) case
الْقُرُونِ
al-quruni
(of) the generations
الْأُولَى
al-ula
(of) the former

Transliteration

Qaala famaa baalul quroonil oolaa

Translation

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Pharaoh said: What about the previous communities who had disbelieved?

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

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