Hud
11. Hūd
هود
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فَلَوْلَا
كَانَ
مِنَ
الْقُرُونِ
مِن
قَبْلِكُمْ
أُولُو
بَقِيَّةٍ
يَنْهَوْنَ
عَنِ
الْفَسَادِ
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلًا
مِّمَّنْ
أَنجَيْنَا
مِنْهُمْ
وَاتَّبَعَ
الَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُوا
مَا
أُتْرِفُوا
فِيهِ
وَكَانُوا
مُجْرِمِينَ
fa-law-lā kāna mina l-qurūni min qablikum ʾulū baqiyyatin yanhawna ʿani l-fasādi fī l-ʾarḍi ʾillā qalīlan mimman ʾanjaynā minhum wa-ttabaʿa lladhīna ẓalamū mā ʾutrifū fīhi wa-kānū mujrimīna
Why were there not, among the generations before you, persons possessed of balanced good sense, prohibiting (men) from mischief in the earth - except a few among them whom We saved (from harm)? But the wrong-doers pursued the enjoyment of the good things of life which were given them, and persisted in sin.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Why were there not among the generations before you a remnant [of the wise] who might forbid corruption in the earth, except a few of those whom We delivered from among them? Those who were wrongdoers pursued that in which they had been granted affluence, and they were a guilty lot.
