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Surah Taha, Verse 128

سورة طه، الآية ١٢٨

20:128 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 321 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:128

أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَٰكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ ۝١٢٨

Transliteration

afalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā qablahum mina l-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim inna fī dhālika laāyātin li-ulī l-nuhā

Translation

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.

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Verse 128 of Surah Taha (20:128), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 321 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 128

Al-Mukhtasar

Is it not clear to the idolaters how many nations I destroyed before them? They walk in the homes of these destroyed nations and see the effects of what befell them. In the destruction and ruination which befell these many nations are lessons for people of intelligence.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Taha

Other translations of verse 128

Is it not yet clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they still walk about? There are signs in this for people of sound intellect.

Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many generations We have destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they walk? Verily, in this are signs indeed for men of understanding.

Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought.

Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.

Does it not then direct them aright how many of the generations In whose dwelling-places they go about We destroyed before them? Most surely there are signs in this for those endowed with understanding.

So, is it not (a sign) to guide them, how many generations We have caused to perish before them, in whose dwellings they walk? Surely in that are indeed signs for the ones endowed with intelligence.

Verse 128 word by word

  1. أَفَلَمْ afalam Then has not
  2. يَهْدِ yahdi it guided ه د ي
  3. لَهُمْ lahum [for] them
  4. كَمْ kam how many
  5. أَهْلَكْنَا ahlaknā We (have) destroyed ه ل ك
  6. قَبْلَهُم qablahum before them ق ب ل
  7. مِّنَ mina of
  8. ٱلْقُرُونِ l-qurūni the generations ق ر ن
  9. يَمْشُونَ yamshūna (as) they walk م ش ي
  10. فِى fī in
  11. مَسَٰكِنِهِمْ masākinihim their dwellings س ك ن
  12. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  13. فِى fī in
  14. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
  15. لَـَٔايَٰتٍ laāyātin surely (are) Signs أ ي ي
  16. لِّأُو۟لِى li-ulī for possessors
  17. ٱلنُّهَىٰ l-nuhā (of) intelligence ن ه ي

Verses related to verse 128

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Hajj 22:46

    أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ ءَاذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَلَٰكِن تَعْمَى ٱلْقُلُوبُ ٱلَّتِى فِى ٱلصُّدُورِ

    So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are within the breasts.

  • As-Sajdah 32:26

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

    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?

Verses with similar wording

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

  • 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 15:75

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ

    Indeed in that are signs for those who discern.

  • Ya-Sin 36:31

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

    Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them will not return?

  • 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].

  • Al-Hijr 15:77

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.

  • Ar-Rum 30:22

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَٰفُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَٰنِكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّلْعَٰلِمِينَ

    And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge.

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