كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ فَنَادَواْ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٖ ٣
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كَمۡHow manykam
- أَهۡلَكۡنَاWe destroyedahlaknā
- مِنbefore themmin
- قَبۡلِهِمbefore themqablihim
- مِّنofmin
- قَرۡنٖa generationqarnin
- فَنَادَواْthen they called outfanādaw
- وَّلَاتَwhen there (was) no longerwalāta
- حِينَtimeḥīna
- مَنَاصٖ(for) escapemanāṣin
Tafsir
How many generations who denied their messengers before them have I destroyed, they called out seeking help when the punishment fell upon them. But the time was not the time to be saved from the punishment where seeking help from Him would benefit them.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran