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Qaf 50:36
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ
And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?
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وَكَمْ
wakam
And how many
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlaknā
We destroyed
قَبْلَهُم
qablahum
before them
مِّن
min
of
قَرْنٍ
qarnin
a generation
هُمْ
hum
they
أَشَدُّ
ashaddu
(were) stronger
مِنْهُم
min'hum
than them
بَطْشًۭا
baṭshan
(in) power
فَنَقَّبُوا۟
fanaqqabū
so they explored
فِى
fī
throughout
ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
l-bilādi
the lands
هَلْ
hal
Is (there)
مِن
min
any
مَّحِيصٍ
maḥīṣin
place of escape