The Letter Sad 38:3

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Arabic English Morphology
كَمْ kam
How many Noun
We destroyed V
مِن min
before them Prep
before them Noun
مِّن min
of Prep
قَرْنٍ qarnin
a generation Noun
then they called out V
when there (was) no longer V
حِينَ ḥīna
time Noun
مَنَاصٍ manāṣin
(for) escape Noun

How many generations We have destroyed before them! They all cried out, once it was too late, for escape

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنࣲ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِینَ مَنَاصࣲ ۝٣

kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin fanādaw walāta ḥīna manāṣi