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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Taha 20:128

Word by word

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

أفلم يدل قومك - أيها الرسول - على طريق الرشاد كثرة مَن أهلكنا من الأمم المكذبة قبلهم وهم يمشون في ديارهم، ويرون آثار هلاكهم؟ إن في كثرة تلك الأمم وآثار عذابهم لَعبرًا وعظاتٍ لأهل العقول الواعية.

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