Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
for, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time - [and] canst thou perceive any one of them [now], or hear any whisper of them
Arthur John Arberry
And how many a generation We destroyed before them! Dost thou perceive so much as one of them, or hear of them a whisper
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them
Arabic
وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هَلۡ تُحِسُّ مِنۡهُم مِّنۡ أَحَدٍ أَوۡ تَسۡمَعُ لَهُمۡ رِكۡزَۢا ٩٨
Transliteration (2021)
wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu min'hum min aḥadin aw tasmaʿu lahum rik'za