Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time-[people] who surpassed them in material power and in outward show
Arthur John Arberry
And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were fairer in furnishing and outward show
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye
Arabic
وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ أَثَـٰثࣰا وَرِءۡیࣰا ٧٤
Transliteration (2021)
wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum aḥsanu athāthan wari'ya