Sura 38 Sad (The letter Saad), ayah 3

  1. كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ مِنْ قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوْا وَلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ

    Translation by words

    كَمْ
    How many
    أَهْلَكْنَا
    We destroyed
    مِن
    before them
    قَبْلِهِم
    before them
    مِّن
    of
    قَرْنٍ
    a generation,
    فَنَادَوا۟
    then they called out
    وَّلَاتَ
    when there (was) no longer
    حِينَ
    time
    مَنَاصٍ
    (for) escape.

    How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they (then) called out; but it was not a time for escape.

    38:3

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 38 Sad (The letter Saad)