سُوْرَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ
Surah Al-Israa (17) — Ayah 17
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًۢا بَصِيرًا ﴿17﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And how many generations have We destroyed after Nûh (Noah)! And Sufficient is your Lord as an All-Knower and All-Beholder of the sins of His slaves.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَكَمْ
wakam
And how many
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlaknā
We destroyed
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْقُرُونِ
l-qurūni
the generations
مِنۢ
min
after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
نُوحٍۢ ۗ
nūḥin
Nuh
وَكَفَىٰ
wakafā
And sufficient
بِرَبِّكَ
birabbika
(is) your Lord
بِذُنُوبِ
bidhunūbi
concerning the sins
عِبَادِهِۦ
ʿibādihi
(of) His servants
خَبِيرًۢا
khabīran
All-Aware
بَصِيرًۭا
baṣīran
All-Seer
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
17. 1. They too were destroyed under the same principle of destruction.
