Sura 11 Hud, ayah 116
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فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ أُولُو بَقِيَّةٍ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِمَّنْ أَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۗ وَاتَّبَعَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَا أُتْرِفُوا فِيهِ وَكَانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ
Translation by words
- فَلَوْلَا
- So why not
- كَانَ
- had been
- مِنَ
- of
- ٱلْقُرُونِ
- the generations
- مِن
- before you
- قَبْلِكُمْ
- before you
- أُو۟لُوا۟
- those possessing a remnant,
- بَقِيَّةٍ
- those possessing a remnant,
- يَنْهَوْنَ
- forbidding
- عَنِ
- from
- ٱلْفَسَادِ
- the corruption
- فِى
- in
- ٱلْأَرْضِ
- the earth
- إِلَّا
- except
- قَلِيلًا
- a few
- مِّمَّنْ
- of those
- أَنجَيْنَا
- We saved
- مِنْهُمْ
- among them?
- وَٱتَّبَعَ
- But followed
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- those who
- ظَلَمُوا۟
- did wrong
- مَآ
- what
- أُتْرِفُوا۟
- luxury they were given
- فِيهِ
- therein,
- وَكَانُوا۟
- and they were
- مُجْرِمِينَ
- criminals.
So why were there not among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
11:116
Translation: Saheeh International