Quran 19:74 Word by Word & Translations

19:74 Word by Word (2021)

And how many We destroyed before them of a generation - they (were) better (in) possessions and appearance?


19:74 Arabic

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَٰثًا وَرِءْيًا

19:74 Transliteration

Wakam ahlakna qablahum min qarnin hum ahsanu athathan wari/yan
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them? They had more wealth and more influence
Abdel Haleem
We have destroyed many a generation before them who surpassed them in riches and outward glitter
Abdul Hye
And how many from a generation have We destroyed before them, who were better in goods and outward appearance?
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And how many a generation have We destroyed before these, who were goodlier in goods and outward appearance? *Chapter:1
Ahmed Ali
How many generations that had far more wealth and ostentation have We laid low before them
Ahmed Hulusi
We have destroyed many generations before them who were better in wealth and appearance.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And how many generations We have destroyed before them, that they were better in goods and outward show than them.
Aisha Bewley
How many generations We have destroyed before them who had finer furnishings and a better outward show!
Ali Ünal
And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were superior in respect of possessions and outward show
Ali Quli Qara'i
How many a generation We have destroyed before them, who were superior in furnishings and appearance
Amatul Rahman Omar
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were better off in assets and better in outward show and splendour (than these)
Arthur John Arberry
And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were fairer in furnishing and outward show
Bakhtiari Nejad
And We destroyed many generations before them who were better in assets and in appearance.
Bijan Moeinian
How many of generations before them I destroyed while they were more prosperous and more powerful
Bilal Muhammad 2018
And how many generations before them have we caused to perish, those who were even better off in possessions and appearance
Corpus.Quran
And how many We destroyed before them of a generation they (were) better (in) possessions and appearance
Dr. Kamal Omar
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them. They were better in possessions and outward pomp and show
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
How many before them We caused to perish whose generation was fairer in furnishing and outward show?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And how many a people have We destroyed before them who were better off (than these) in worldly assets and pomp and show
Dr. Munir Munshey
Many groups have We destroyed prior to them. They were better equipped, better furnished and better in appearance
Edward Henry Palmer
And how many generations before them have we destroyed who were better off in property and appearance
Faridul Haque
And many a generation We did destroy before them, who exceeded them in wealth and pomp
Fode Drame
And how many a generation before them have We destroyed who were better furnished and better looking.
George Sale
But how many generations have We destroyed before them, which excelled them in wealth, and in outward appearance
Hamid S. Aziz
And how many generations before them have We destroyed who were better off in property and outward appearance
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
How many generations have We destroyed before them, who were far greater in riches and more boastful
Hilali - Khan
And how many a generation (past nations) have We destroyed before them, who were better in wealth, goods and outward appearance
Irving/Hegab
How many generations have We wiped out before them who were even finer in assets and appearance!
John Medows Rodwell
But how many generations have we brought to ruin before them, who surpassed them in riches and in splendour
Linda "iLham" Barto
How many generations before them have We destroyed? They were even better in supplies and appearance.
Maududi
How numerous are the peoples We destroyed before them - those that were more resourceful and grander in outward appearance
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them, who had better possessions and appearance
Mir Aneesuddin
And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them, who were better in riches and in appearance (show) !
Mohammad Shafi
And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them who were apparently well established
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And how many We destroyed from before them from people of one era/generation/century? They are better home effects/money and appearance/pleasant appearance
Muhammad Asad
And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time-[people] who surpassed them in material power and in outward show
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And how many a generation We caused to perish before them. They were fairer in furnishings and outward show
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming
Muhammad Sarwar
How many generations of greater prosperity and splendor have We destroyed before them
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
How many a generation We have destroyed before them who were better in assets and outlook
Munir Mezyed
Yet, how many a generation have We utterly destroyed, who had better abundance of valuable possessions and manifestation!
MunirMezyed2023
Yet, so many generations have We destroyed before them, who had better abundance of valuable possessions and manifestation!
Musharraf Hussain
How many generations did We destroy before them who were more affluent and looked smart?
Mustafa Khattab 2018
˹Imagine, O Prophet˺ how many peoples We have destroyed before them, who were far better in luxury and splendour!
Mustaqim
And how many generations have We destroyed before them who were better in luxury and appearance?
N J Dawood 2014
And how many generations have We destroyed before them, far greater in riches and in splendour
Rashad Khalifa
Many a generation have we annihilated before them; they were more powerful, and more prosperous.
Safi Kaskas
And yet how many generations have We destroyed before them who surpassed them in possessions and [outward] appearance?
Samy Mahdy
And how many generations have We destroyed before them, who were better furnishings and appearance?
Shabbir Ahmed
And yet, how many a communities Our Law of Requital has annihilated before them. They were better in equipment and glitter
Shakir
And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them who were better in respect of goods and outward appearance
Sher Ali
And how many a generation have WE destroyed before them, who were better off than these in wealth and better in outward show
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And how many (countless) generations have We destroyed before them, (those) who were even better in wealth and (looked) brighter to the eye
T.B.Irving
How many generations have We wiped out before them who were even finer in equipment and appearance!
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and outward appearance?
Talal Itani (2012)
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who surpassed them in riches and splendor
The Study Quran
How many a generation We destroyed before them who were fairer in [their] furnishings and in outward appearance
The Wise Quran
And how many generations before them have We destroyed who were better off in property and appearance?
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance
Wahiduddin Khan
We have destroyed so many generations before them, who surpassed them in material power and splendour
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But how many (countless) generations before them have we destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye