Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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 Root / Link Morphology
So why not
فَلَوْلَا (falawlā)
ل و ل ا
Prep.
Prep
had been
كَانَ (kāna)
ك و ن
Verb
V
of
مِنَ (mina)
م ن
Prep.
Prep
the generations
ٱلْقُرُونِ (l-qurūni)
ق ر ن
Noun
Noun
before you
مِن (min)
م ن
Prep.
Prep
before you
قَبْلِكُمْ (qablikum)
ق ب ل
Noun
Noun
those possessing a remnant
أُو۟لُوا۟ (ulū)
ذ و
Noun
Noun
those possessing a remnant
بَقِيَّةٍ (baqiyyatin)
ب ق ي
Noun
Noun
forbidding
يَنْهَوْنَ (yanhawna)
ن ه ي
Verb
V
from
عَنِ (ʿani)
ع ن
Prep.
Prep
the corruption
ٱلْفَسَادِ (l-fasādi)
ف س د
Noun
Noun
in
فِى (fī)
ف ي
Prep.
Prep
the earth
ٱلْأَرْضِ (l-arḍi)
أ ر ض
Noun
Noun
except
إِلَّا (illā)
إ ل ا
Prep.
Prep
a few
قَلِيلًا (qalīlan)
ق ل ل
Noun
Noun
of those
مِّمَّنْ (mimman)
م ن
Prep.
Prep
We saved
أَنجَيْنَا (anjaynā)
ن ج و
Verb
V
among them
مِنْهُمْ (min'hum)
م ن
Prep.
Prep
But followed
وَٱتَّبَعَ (wa-ittabaʿa)
ت ب ع
Verb
V
those who
ٱلَّذِينَ (alladhīna)
ا ل ذ ي
Noun
Noun
did wrong
ظَلَمُوا۟ (ẓalamū)
ظ ل م
Verb
V
what
مَآ (mā)
م ا
Noun
Noun
luxury they were given
أُتْرِفُوا۟ (ut'rifū)
ت ر ف
Verb
V
therein
فِيهِ (fīhi)
ف ي
Prep.
Prep
and they were
وَكَانُوا۟ (wakānū)
ك و ن
Verb
V
criminals
مُجْرِمِينَ (muj'rimīna)
ج ر م
Noun
Noun