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Maryam 19:74

وَكَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡنٍ هُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ أَثَٰثٗا وَرِءۡيٗا

˹Imagine, O  Prophet˺ how many peoples We have destroyed before them, who were far better in luxury and splendour!

Word by word

وَكَمۡ
wakam
And how many
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أَهۡلَكۡنَا
ahlaknā
We destroyed
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Root: هلك
قَبۡلَهُم
qablahum
before them
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Root: قبل
مِّن
min
of
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قَرۡنٍ
qarnin
a generation
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Root: قرن
هُمۡ
hum
they
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أَحۡسَنُ
aḥsanu
(were) better
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Root: حسن
أَثَٰثٗا
athāthan
(in) possessions
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Root: اثث
وَرِءۡيٗا
wari'yan
and appearance
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Root: راي

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.