English translation of the verse 3 surah - How many a generation We have destroyed before them, and they cried

Surat sad Verse No. 3: Reading and listening

Translation of the verse 3 from Surah sad : Number of verses 88 - - page 453 - Part 23.

﴾كَمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِهِم مِّن قَرۡنٖ فَنَادَواْ وَّلَاتَ حِينَ مَنَاصٖ ﴿
[ ص: 3]

How many a generation We have destroyed before them, and they cried out when there was no longer time for escape!

English - Sahih International

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

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(38:3) 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.

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

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Source : sad Verse 3: How many a generation have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape.