Generation

Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which We had established upon the earth as We have not established you? And We sent [rain from] the sky upon them in showers and made rivers flow beneath them; then We destroyed them for their sins and brought forth after them a generation of others.

And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

So why were there not¹ among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.

But there came after them successors [i.e., later generations] who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil¹ -

And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?

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

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.

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

Then We produced after them other generations.

And [We destroyed] ʿAad and Thamūd and the companions of the well¹ and many generations between them.

But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration.¹ And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].²

He said, "I was only given it because of knowledge I have." Did he not know that Allāh had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.¹

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?

Have they not considered how many generations We destroyed before them - that they to them¹ will not return?

But one who says to his parents, "Uff¹ to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allāh for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former peoples" -

And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?