وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ أَثَٰثٗا وَرِءۡيٗا ٧٤
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَكَمۡAnd how manywakam
- أَهۡلَكۡنَاWe destroyedahlaknā
- قَبۡلَهُمbefore themqablahum
- مِّنofmin
- قَرۡنٍa generation qarnin
- هُمۡtheyhum
- أَحۡسَنُ(were) betteraḥsanu
- أَثَٰثٗا(in) possessionsathāthan
- وَرِءۡيٗاand appearancewari'yan
Tafsir
How many were the nations that I destroyed before these disbelievers who are proud of their material superiority, who had surpassed them in riches and in their outward appearance due to their expensive clothing and their bodily luxuries.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran