And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?
- Pickthall, Marmaduke
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How many generations We have destroyed before them, who were stronger than these, insomuch that they ransacked the towns?! So, is there any escape [from Allah]s punishment]?
- Qarai, Ali Quli
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How many an ancient town who were much stronger than them (unbelievers) did We destroy. (In vain), they wandered through the land in search of a place of refuge from Our torment.
- Sarwar, Muhammad
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And how many a generation did We destroy before them who were mightier in prowess than they, so they went about and about in the lands. Is there a place of refuge?
- Shakir, Habib
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How many a generation, far greater in prowess, have We destroyed before them! They searched the entire land: but could they find a refuge?
- Wahiduddin Khan
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اور ان سے پہلے ہم نے کتنی ہی قوموں کو ہلاک کردیا ہے جو ان سے کہیں زیادہ طاقتور تھیں تو انہوں نے تمام شہروں کو چھان مارا تھا لیکن موت سے چھٹکارا کہاں ہے
- Jawadi, Zeeshan
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ہم ان سے پہلے بہت سی قوموں کو ہلاک کر چکے ہیں جو ان سے بہت زیادہ طاقتور تھیں اور دنیا کے ملکوں کو انہوں نے چھان مارا تھا پھر کیا وہ کوئی جائے پناہ پا سکے؟
- Maududi, Abul A'ala
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اور ان سے پہلے ہم نے کتنی سنگتیں (قومیں) ہلاک فرمادیں کہ گرفت میں ان سے سخت تھیں تو شہروں میں کاوشیں کیں ہے کہیں بھاگنے کی جگہ
- Ahmed Raza
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اور ہم (کفارِ مکہ) سے پہلے کتنی ہی قوموں کو ہلاک کر چکے ہیں جو قوت و طاقت میں ان سے زیادہ طاقتور تھیں وہ (مختلف) شہروں میں گھو متے پھرتے تھے تو ان کو کوئی جائے پناہ ملی؟
هل | acclaim | cheer | eligibility | raise. making loud sound | capacity | announcement | particle of interrogation | come here! | appearance of new moon
بلد | habitat | city | dwelling | country | lazy | stupid
فى | in | within | inside
نقب | peforate | breach | make a hole | delve | search | ask | look | to pierce into | study | investigate | dig into | uncover | syndicalism | to lead | be ahead or a head
بطش | force | violence | cruelty | attack | assult | loud noise of falling | strike against
شد | extreme | force | intense | power | strength | enthral | tighten | strain
هم | them (three or more)
قرن | connected | close association | companionship | one's equal | competitor | people of a time | elevated part | cord of twisted bark | horns
من | of | from | belonging to | than | who | whom | favour | blessing | peace | certification | obliging towards
قبل | centre | pivot | previous | direction | to put before | to give priority | front and center | make prominent | accept from
من | of | from | belonging to | than | who | whom | favour | blessing | peace | certification | obliging towards
مس | feel | grasp | understand | touch | sense
يوم | day | time | era | period | stages
ستت | six | some vice
فى | in | within | inside
بين | cut off | separate | at distance | withdrawn | apart | become apparent | become known | out of the group | start to appear | made manifest | coming to be | distinguished | visible change
خلق | measuring | comparison | proportioning | to make form | to produce after a model | to bring to existence | to forge | be smooth | ones aura | character | manners
غر ⇐ غرب | to go or pass away | become distant | absent | go out of view | going far away | become hidden by way of dark | infection of eye which diminishes vision | foreign | banished | strangeness | violent | crow
شمس | headstrong | brightly lit like a star | the Sun | that which cannot be mounted upon | sharpness of temper | angry | extremely excited | enmity | to take over | hostile
قبل | centre | pivot | previous | direction | to put before | to give priority | front and center | make prominent | accept from
رب | nourisher | leader | governor | commander | authority | to evolve | to make move in a forward direction | increase
حمد | power | praise | energy | commendation | magnify
سبح | glory | strive | work hard | swim | fly wings spread | pursue | to cover a large (area or work)
قول | say | speech | declare | state | proverb | epigram
ما | what | not | why | how | which | where
عل ⇐ على | on | upon | over | elevate | raise | eminence | at | in | to | onto
صبر | endurance | forbearance | patience | perseverance | self-control | put up with | stand ground | tolerate | steadfastness | deliberateness | firmness | fortitude | mildness
خرج | turnout | yield | tax | bring out | exit | leave | output | conclude | deduce | discover | figure out | find out | gather | infer | break away with | draw away from | secede from | to explain a work of literature | review | bulge | jut out | project | protrude | stick out | have nothing to do with | overstep | mutiny against | rebel against | revolt against | rise against
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