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Hud 116

Ayah 116 of 123 · Meccan

فَلَوۡلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ أُوْلُواْ بَقِيَّةٖ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡفَسَادِ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّنۡ أَنجَيۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مَآ أُتۡرِفُواْ فِيهِ وَكَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ١١٦

So why were there not1 among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Meaning "If only there had been..."

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَوۡلَاSo why notfalawlā
  2. كَانَhad beenkāna
  3. مِنَofmina
  4. ٱلۡقُرُونِthe generationsl-qurūni
  5. مِنbefore youmin
  6. قَبۡلِكُمۡbefore youqablikum
  7. أُوْلُواْthose possessing a remnantulū
  8. بَقِيَّةٖthose possessing a remnantbaqiyyatin
  9. يَنۡهَوۡنَforbiddingyanhawna
  10. عَنِfromʿani
  11. ٱلۡفَسَادِthe corruptionl-fasādi
  12. فِيinfī
  13. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  14. إِلَّاexceptillā
  15. قَلِيلٗاa fewqalīlan
  16. مِّمَّنۡof thosemimman
  17. أَنجَيۡنَاWe savedanjaynā
  18. مِنۡهُمۡۗamong themmin'hum
  19. وَٱتَّبَعَBut followedwa-ittabaʿa
  20. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  21. ظَلَمُواْdid wrongẓalamū
  22. مَآwhatmā
  23. أُتۡرِفُواْluxury they were givenut'rifū
  24. فِيهِthereinfīhi
  25. وَكَانُواْand they werewakānū
  26. مُجۡرِمِينَcriminalsmuj'rimīna

Tafsir

If only there were, among the communities who were punished before you, remnants of the people of virtue and piety who prohibited those communities from disbelief and from corruption on earth through sins. But there were no such remnants among them, except for a few of them who used to prohibit corruption and whom I saved when I destroyed their people who did wrong. The wrongdoers from their people pursued the luxuries they had and were wrong in doing so.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran