سُوْرَةُ السَّجْدَةِ
Surah As-Sajda (32) — Ayah 26
أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ ۖ أَفَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿26﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Is it not a guidance for them: how many generations We have destroyed before them in whose dwellings they do walk about? Verily, therein indeed are signs. Would they not then listen?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَوَلَمْ
awalam
Does it not
يَهْدِ
yahdi
guide
لَهُمْ
lahum
[for] them
كَمْ
kam
(that) how many
أَهْلَكْنَا
ahlaknā
We have destroyed
مِن
min
before them
قَبْلِهِم
qablihim
before them
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْقُرُونِ
l-qurūni
the generations
يَمْشُونَ
yamshūna
they walk about
فِى
fī
in
مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۚ
masākinihim
their dwellings
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِى
fī
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ ۖ
laāyātin
surely, are Signs
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then do not
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasmaʿūna
they hear
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.
26-1. That is, do they not see that the previous nations who were destroyed due to denial and lack of faith no longer exist in the world today, but their dwellings remain, of which these people have become heirs. The purpose of this is to warn the people of Makkah that your fate could be the same if you do not believe.
