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Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 74

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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَـٰثًا وَرِءْيًا

Wakam ahlakn a qablahum min qarnin hum a h sanu ath a than wariy a n

And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time - [people] who surpassed them in material power⁶⁰ and in outward show!

- Mohammad Asad

Don't they see, how many generations have We destroyed before them, who were far greater in riches and in splendor?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

'Imagine, O Prophet' how many peoples We have destroyed before them, who were far better in luxury and splendour!

- Mustafa Khattab

How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!

- Marmaduke Pickthall

But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali