Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 36th verse of chapter 50 (sūrat qāf). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (50) sūrat qāf

Sahih International: And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?

Pickthall: And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?

Yusuf Ali: But how many generations before them did We destroy (for their sins),- stronger in power than they? Then did they wander through the land: was there any place of escape (for them)?

Shakir: And how many a generation did We destroy before them who were mightier in prowess than they, so they went about and about in the lands. Is there a place of refuge?

Muhammad Sarwar: How many an ancient town who were much stronger than them (unbelievers) did We destroy. (In vain), they wandered through the land in search of a place of refuge from Our torment.

Mohsin Khan: And how many a generation We have destroyed before them, who were stronger in power than them, and (when Our Torment came) they ran for a refuge in the land! Could they find any place of refuge (for them to save themselves from destruction)?

Arberry: How many a generation We destroyed before them that was stronger in valour than they, then they searched about in the land; was there any asylum?

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See Also

• Verse (50:36) Morphology - description of each Arabic word