أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
alam nuh'liki l-awalīna
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Al-Mursalat · verse 16 of 50
Surah Al-Mursalat, verse 16
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3 words1أَلَمْalamDid not
2نُهْلِكِnuh'likiWe destroy
3ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former (people)
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Read the whole surahوَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
وَيْلٌۭ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe, that Day, to the deniers.
أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Did We not destroy the former peoples?
ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ
Then We will follow them with the later ones.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Thus do We deal with the criminals.