Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 6 (6:6)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ مَّكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن …

Quran 6:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 128 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:6
أَلَمْيَرَوْا۟كَمْأَهْلَكْنَامِنقَبْلِهِممِّنقَرْنٍمَّكَّنَّٰهُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِمَالَمْنُمَكِّنلَّكُمْوَأَرْسَلْنَاٱلسَّمَآءَعَلَيْهِممِّدْرَارًاوَجَعَلْنَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرَتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهِمْفَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمبِذُنُوبِهِمْوَأَنشَأْنَامِنۢبَعْدِهِمْقَرْنًاءَاخَرِينَ٦
alam yaraw kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin makkannāhum fī l-arḍi mā lam numakkin lakum wa-arsalnā l-samāa ʿalayhim mid'rāran wajaʿalnā l-anhāra tajrī min taḥtihim fa-ahlaknāhum bidhunūbihim wa-anshanā min baʿdihim qarnan ākharīna

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.(6)

Word by word

  1. أَلَمْalamDid not
  2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
  3. كَمْkamhow many
  4. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
  5. مِنminfrom
  6. قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
  7. مِّنminof
  8. قَرْنٍqarningenerations
  9. مَّكَّنَّٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe had established them
  10. فِىfīin
  11. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  12. مَاmāwhat
  13. لَمْlamnot
  14. نُمَكِّنnumakkinWe (have) established
  15. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
  16. وَأَرْسَلْنَاwa-arsalnāAnd We sent
  17. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa(rain from) the sky
  18. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
  19. مِّدْرَارًاmid'rāranshowering abundantly
  20. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
  21. ٱلْأَنْهَٰرَl-anhārathe rivers
  22. تَجْرِىtajrīflow
  23. مِنminfrom
  24. تَحْتِهِمْtaḥtihimunderneath them
  25. فَأَهْلَكْنَٰهُمfa-ahlaknāhumThen We destroyed them
  26. بِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimfor their sins
  27. وَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand We raised
  28. مِنۢminfrom
  29. بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
  30. قَرْنًاqarnangenerations
  31. ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaother

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