How many generations have We destroyed before them? They cried out when it was too late to escape.
Saad 38:3
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كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ
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How many generations have We destroyed before them? They cried out when it was too late to escape.
How many groups of people before them have We destroyed? They cried out for help, but it was too late to escape.
How many generations before them have We destroyed? They cried out for help — but it was too late to escape.
How many a generation We destroyed before them! They cried out, but it was too late to escape.
How many generations before them did We destroy? They cried out when it was too late to escape.
How many generations before them did We destroy? They cried out when it was too late to escape.
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
How many a generation have We destroyed before them! And they cried out when there was no longer time for escape.
How many generations have We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was too late for deliverance.
How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!
How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!
How many generations We have destroyed before them! And they cried out when it was too late to escape.
How many a nation did We destroy before them! (When they approached their doom) they cried out (for deliverance), but the time for deliverance was already past.
How many a generation We have destroyed before them! They cried out [for help], but gone was the time for escape.
Kam ahlakna min qablihim min qarnin fanadaw walata heena manasin