Surah Maryam: Verse 98 - وكم أهلكنا قبلهم من قرن... - English
Tafsir of Verse 98, Surah Maryam
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا
English Translation
And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?English Transliteration
Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin hal tuhissu minhum min ahadin aw tasmaAAu lahum rikzanTafsir of Verse 98
And how many a generation We destroyed before them! Dost thou perceive so much as one of them, or hear of them a whisper?
But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them?
أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًا
"Or hear from them even a whisper" - 19:98.
The word means a faint, unintelligible sound such as a death-rattle. The meaning of the verse is that there have been many kings who ruled vast empires, exercised unlimited authority and lived in great splendor, but when the wrath of Allah caught upon them for their sinful acts, they were annihilated in such a manner that not even a whisper or a feeble motion is now being heard of them.
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