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Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 98

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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

Wakam ahlakn a qablahum min qarnin hal tu h issu minhum min a h adin aw tasmaAAu lahum rikz a n

for, how many a generation⁸² have We destroyed before their time - [and] canst thou perceive any one of them [now], or hear any whisper of them?

- Mohammad Asad

How many generations have We destroyed before them! Can you see any of them, or hear even a sound of them?

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

'Imagine' how many peoples We have destroyed before them! Do you 'still' see any of them, or 'even' hear from them the slightest sound?

- Mustafa Khattab

And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou (Muhammad) see a single man of them, or hear from them the slightest sound?

- Marmaduke Pickthall

But how many (countless) generation before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them? ²⁵³³

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali