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! |