Bani Israil 17:17 وكم اهلكنا من القرون من بعد نوح وكفى بربك بذنوب عباده خبيرا بصيرا ١٧
وَكَمۡ
أَهۡلَكۡنَا
مِنَ
ٱلۡقُرُونِ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
نُوحٖۗ
وَكَفَىٰ
بِرَبِّكَ
بِذُنُوبِ
عِبَادِهِۦ
خَبِيرَۢا
بَصِيرٗا
١٧
˹Imagine˺ how many peoples We have destroyed after Noah! And sufficient is your Lord as All-Aware and All-Seeing of the sins of His servants.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And how many have We destroyed from the generations after Noah. And sufficient is your Lord, concerning the sins of His servants, as Aware and Seeing.
— Saheeh International
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…A Threat to Quraysh
Warning the disbelievers of the Quraysh for rejecting His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, Allah says that He destroyed other nations who reje
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