Surah Hud · Ayah 116

Meaning of Surah Hud, Ayah 116

Falawla kana mina alquroonimin qablikum oloo baqiyyatin yanhawna AAani alfasadi feeal-ardi illa qaleelan mimman anjayna minhumwattabaAAa allatheena thalamoo maotrifoo feehi wakanoo mujrimeen

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1. فَلَوْلَاfalawlāSo why not
2. كَانَkānahad been
3. مِنَminaof
4. ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
5. مِنminbefore you
6. قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
7. أُو۟لُوا۟ulūthose possessing a remnant
8. بَقِيَّةٍۢbaqiyyatinthose possessing a remnant
9. يَنْهَوْنَyanhawnaforbidding
10. عَنِʿanifrom
11. ٱلْفَسَادِl-fasādithe corruption
12. فِىfīin
13. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
14. إِلَّاillāexcept
15. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
16. مِّمَّنْmimmanof those
17. أَنجَيْنَاanjaynāWe saved
18. مِنْهُمْ ۗmin'humamong them
19. وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaBut followed
20. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
21. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūdid wrong
22. مَآmāwhat
23. أُتْرِفُوا۟ut'rifūluxury they were given
24. فِيهِfīhitherein
25. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
26. مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals