Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the third verse of chapter 38 (sūrat ṣād). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (38) sūrat ṣād

Sahih International: How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.

Pickthall: How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!

Yusuf Ali: How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!

Shakir: How many did We destroy before them of the generations, then they cried while the time of escaping had passed away.

Muhammad Sarwar: How many ancient generations did We destroy? (On facing Our torment) they cried out for help, but it was too late for them to escape.

Mohsin Khan: How many a generation We have destroyed before them, and they cried out when there was no longer time for escape!

Arberry: How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they called, but time was none to escape.

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See Also

• Verse (38:3) Morphology - description of each Arabic word