Surah Ya-Sin 36:31 — translation and meaning
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أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Word by Word
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
يَرَوْا
yaraw
they see
كَمْ
kam
how many
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlakna
We destroyed
قَبْلَهُم
qablahum
before them
مِّنَ
mina
of
الْقُرُونِ
al-quruni
the generations
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
That they
إِلَيْهِمْ
ilayhim
to them
لَا
la
will not return
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarji'una
will not return
Transliteration
Alam yaraw kam ahlak naa qablahum minal qurooni annahum ilaihim laa yarji'oon
Translation
Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Did these people who deny and ridicule the messengers not see a lesson in those nations who preceded them? They passed away and did not return to the world a second time. Rather they met the actions they had sent ahead and Allah will recompense them for that.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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