Surah Al-An'am · Ayah 6

Meaning of Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 6

Alam yaraw kam ahlakna min qablihimmin qarnin makkannahum fee al-ardi ma lamnumakkin lakum waarsalna assamaa AAalayhimmidraran wajaAAalna al-anhara tajree min tahtihimfaahlaknahum bithunoobihim waansha/na minbaAAdihim qarnan akhareen

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1. أَلَمْalamDid not
2. يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
3. كَمْkamhow many
4. أَهْلَكْنَاahlaknāWe destroyed
5. مِنminfrom
6. قَبْلِهِمqablihimbefore them
7. مِّنminof
8. قَرْنٍۢqarningenerations
9. مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْmakkannāhumWe had established them
10. فِىfīin
11. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
12. مَاmāwhat
13. لَمْlamnot
14. نُمَكِّنnumakkinWe (have) established
15. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
16. وَأَرْسَلْنَاwa-arsalnāAnd We sent
17. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa(rain from) the sky
18. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimupon them
19. مِّدْرَارًۭاmid'rāranshowering abundantly
20. وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnāand We made
21. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَl-anhārathe rivers
22. تَجْرِىtajrīflow
23. مِنminfrom
24. تَحْتِهِمْtaḥtihimunderneath them
25. فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمfa-ahlaknāhumThen We destroyed them
26. بِذُنُوبِهِمْbidhunūbihimfor their sins
27. وَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand We raised
28. مِنۢminfrom
29. بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them
30. قَرْنًاqarnangenerations
31. ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaother