38.3

surah 38 - verse 3

translator's name verse
Arberry How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they called, but time was none to escape.
Maududi How many a nation did We destroy before them! (When they approached their doom) they cried out (for deliverance), but the time for deliverance was already past.
Pickthall How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!
Sahih How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.
Yusuf Ali How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!