The Holy Quran 19:98 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

Translation

How many were the generations that We destroyed before them (who also refused to give up their quarrels)! Do you see any of them or do you hear any whisper (feeble sound) from them? (They were destroyed so effectively that there remains no trace of them.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The vanishing without trace of earlier nations: that is, how many wretched nations have already been destroyed in retribution for their crimes! Their name and trace have been erased from the page of existence, and today not even the sound of their footsteps or the faintest echo of their boasting is heard.

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