Surah Maryam 19:98

سُورَةُ مَرۡيَمَ · Meccan · Verse 98 of 98

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

Translation

How many generations We have destroyed before them! Do you perceive a single one of them now, or hear as much as a whisper?

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.

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