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Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 26

سورة السجدة، الآية ٢٦

32:26 Juz 21 Hizb 42 Page 417 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 32:26

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَٰكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ أَفَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ ۝٢٦

Transliteration

awalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā min qablihim mina l-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim inna fī dhālika laāyātin afalā yasmaʿūna

Translation

Has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, [as] they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs; then do they not hear?

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Verse 26 of Surah As-Sajdah (32:26), a Meccan surah, is in juz 21, on page 417 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 26

Al-Mukhtasar

Are these people blind that they cannot see how many of the previous nations I destroyed before them? Here they are, walking past dwellings which were previously resided in by those who were destroyed, yet they do not take heed from their state? Indeed, in the destruction of the previous nations due to their disbelief, are lessons from which the truth of their Messengers can be proven, who came to them from Allah. Will these rejecters of the verses of Allah then not listen attentively using their intellects?

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Other translations of verse 26

Is it not yet clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they now walk about? Indeed, there are signs in this. Do they not then listen?

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?

Is it not a guidance for them (to observe) how many generations We destroyed before them, amid whose dwelling places they do walk? Lo! therein verily are portents! Will they not then heed?

Does it not teach them a lesson, how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they (now) go to and fro? Verily in that are Signs: Do they not then listen?

Does it not point out to them the right way, how many of the generations, in whose abodes they go about, did We destroy before them? Most surely there are signs in this; will they not then hear?

And is it not a guidance for them, (i.e., Does not (Punishment) guide them?) how many generations We caused to perish even before them, in whose dwellings they walk? Surely in that are indeed signs; will they not then hear?

Verse 26 word by word

  1. أَوَلَمْ awalam Does it not
  2. يَهْدِ yahdi guide ه د ي
  3. لَهُمْ lahum [for] them
  4. كَمْ kam (that) how many
  5. أَهْلَكْنَا ahlaknā We have destroyed ه ل ك
  6. مِن min before them
  7. قَبْلِهِم qablihim before them ق ب ل
  8. مِّنَ mina of
  9. ٱلْقُرُونِ l-qurūni the generations ق ر ن
  10. يَمْشُونَ yamshūna they walk about م ش ي
  11. فِى fī in
  12. مَسَٰكِنِهِمْ masākinihim their dwellings س ك ن
  13. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  14. فِى fī in
  15. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  16. لَـَٔايَٰتٍ laāyātin surely, are Signs أ ي ي
  17. أَفَلَا afalā Then do not
  18. يَسْمَعُونَ yasmaʿūna they hear س م ع

Verses related to verse 26

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Jathiyah 45:16–17

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ …

    And We did certainly give the Children of Israel the Scripture and judgement and prophethood, and We provided them with good things and preferred them over the worlds. …

  • Maryam 19:98

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

    And how many have We destroyed before them of generations? Do you perceive of them anyone or hear from them a sound?

  • Al-A’raf 7:92

    ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ شُعَيْبًا كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was as though they had never resided there. Those who denied Shuʿayb - it was they who were the losers.

  • An-Naml 27:52

    فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةًۢ بِمَا ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

    So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. Indeed in that is a sign for people who know.

  • Al-Hajj 22:45–46

    فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ …

    And how many a city did We destroy while it was committing wrong - so it is [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] an abandoned well and [how many] a lofty palace. …

  • Al-Kahf 18:8

    وَإِنَّا لَجَٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا

    And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Taha 20:128

    أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَٰكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

  • Al-Hijr 15:75

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

    Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

  • Sad 38:3

    كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ فَنَادَوا۟ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٍ

    How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:30

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ وَإِن كُنَّا لَمُبْتَلِينَ

    Indeed in that are signs, and indeed, We are ever testing [Our servants].

  • Taha 20:54

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَٰمَكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.

  • Al-Hijr 15:77

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

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