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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 6of 165

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍۢ مَّكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًۭا وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَمْalamDid not
يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
كَمْkamhow many
أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
مِّنminof
قَرْنٍۢqarningenerations
مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe had established them
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
مَاwhat
لَمْlamnot
نُمَكِّنnumakkinWe (have) established
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
وَأَرْسَلْنَاwa-arsalnāAnd We sent
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa(rain from) the sky
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
مِّدْرَارًۭاmid'rāranshowering abundantly
وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَl-anhārathe rivers
تَجْرِىtajrīflow
مِنminfrom
تَحْتِهِمْtaḥtihimunderneath them
فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمfa-ahlaknāhumThen We destroyed them
بِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimfor their sins
وَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand We raised
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
قَرْنًاqarnangenerations
ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaother

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Threatening the Idolators for their StubbornnessAllah states that the rebellious, stubborn polytheists will turn away from every Ayah, meaning, sign, miracle and proof that is evidence of Allah's Uniqueness and the truth of His honorable Messengers. They will not contemplate about these Ayat or care about them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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