Hud — Verse 116

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Hud 11:116

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فَلَوْلَا falawlā
So why not Prep
كَانَ kāna
had been V
مِنَ mina
of Prep
ٱلْقُرُونِ l-qurūni
the generations Noun
مِن min
before you Prep
قَبْلِكُمْ qablikum
before you Noun
أُو۟لُوا۟ ulū
those possessing a remnant Noun
بَقِيَّةٍ baqiyyatin
those possessing a remnant Noun
يَنْهَوْنَ yanhawna
forbidding V
عَنِ ʿani
from Prep
ٱلْفَسَادِ l-fasādi
the corruption Noun
فِى fī
in Prep
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi
the earth Noun
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
قَلِيلًا qalīlan
a few Noun
مِّمَّنْ mimman
of those Prep
أَنجَيْنَا anjaynā
We saved V
مِنْهُمْ min'hum
among them Prep
وَٱتَّبَعَ wa-ittabaʿa
But followed V
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
ظَلَمُوا۟ ẓalamū
did wrong V
مَآ mā
what Noun
أُتْرِفُوا۟ ut'rifū
luxury they were given V
فِيهِ fīhi
therein Prep
وَكَانُوا۟ wakānū
and they were V
مُجْرِمِينَ muj'rimīna
criminals Noun

If only there had been, among the generations before your time, people with a rem-nant of good sense, to forbid corruption on the earth! We saved only a few of them, while the unjust pursued the enjoyment of plenty, and persisted in sin

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَلَوۡلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ أُو۟لُوا۟ بَقِیَّةࣲ یَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡفَسَادِ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰا مِّمَّنۡ أَنجَیۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَاۤ أُتۡرِفُوا۟ فِیهِ وَكَانُوا۟ مُجۡرِمِینَ ۝١١٦

falawlā kāna mina l-qurūni min qablikum ulū baqiyyatin yanhawna ʿani l-fasādi fī l-arḍi illā qalīlan mimman anjaynā min'hum wa-ittabaʿa alladhīna ẓalamū mā ut'rifū fīhi wakānū muj'rimīn

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