أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِي مَسَاكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي النُّهَىٰ ١٢٨

Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many generations We have destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they walk? Verily, in this are signs indeed for men of understanding.

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ

Is it not a guidance for them

كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ

how many generations We have destroyed before them

يَمْشُونَ فِي مَسَاكِنِهِمْ ۗ

in whose dwellings they walk?

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ

Verily, in this are signs indeed

لِّأُولِي النُّهَىٰ

for men of understanding.

وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى ١٢٩

And had it not been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord, and a term determined, (their punishment) must necessarily have come (in this world).

وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِن رَّبِّكَ

And had it not been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord,

لَكَانَ لِزَامًا وَأَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى

and a term determined, (their punishment) must necessarily have come (in this world).