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Al-Qasas (The Stories) · Ayah 78

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عِندِىٓ ۚ أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مَنْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُ قُوَّةً وَأَكْثَرُ جَمْعًا ۚ وَلَا يُسْـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ 78

He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allāh had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.

قَالَqālaHe said
إِنَّمَآinnamāOnly
أُوتِيتُهُۥūtītuhuI have been given it
عَلَىٰʿalāon (account)
عِلْمٍʿil'min(of) knowledge
عِندِىٓ ۚʿindīI have
أَوَلَمْawalamDid not
noun
يَعْلَمْyaʿlamhe know
أَنَّannathat
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
قَدْqadindeed
أَهْلَكَahlakadestroyed
مِنminbefore him
قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore him
مِنَminaof
ٱلْقُرُونِl-qurūnithe generations
مَنْmanwho
noun
هُوَhuwa[they]
noun
أَشَدُّashaddu(were) stronger
مِنْهُmin'huthan him
noun
قُوَّةًۭquwwatan(in) strength
وَأَكْثَرُwa-aktharuand greater
جَمْعًۭا ۚjamʿan(in) accumulation
وَلَاwalāAnd not
يُسْـَٔلُyus'aluwill be questioned
عَنʿanabout
ذُنُوبِهِمُdhunūbihimutheir sins
ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnathe criminals
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