Maryam 19:74 وكم اهلكنا قبلهم من قرن هم احسن اثاثا ورييا ٧٤

19:74

وَكَمۡ

أَهۡلَكۡنَا

قَبۡلَهُم

مِّن

قَرۡنٍ

هُمۡ

أَحۡسَنُ

أَثَٰثٗا

وَرِءۡيٗا

٧٤

How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The Disbelievers boast over Their good Fortune in the World

Allah, the Exalted, informs that when the clear, evident Ayat of Allah are recited to the disbelievers, they reject them and turn away. They say about those who believe, while boasting to them and arguing that their false religion is correct

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The Disbelievers boast over Their good Fortune in the World

Allah, the Exalted, informs that when the clear, evident Ayat of Allah are recited to the d

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Chapter 19, Page 310, Juz 16

66. And man saith: When I am dead, shall I forsooth be brought forth alive? 67. Doth not man remember that We created him before, when he was naught? 68. And, by thy Lord, verily We shall assemble them and the devils, then We shall bring them, crouching, around hell. 69. Then We shall pluck out from every sect whichever of them was most stubborn in rebellion to the Beneficent. 70. And surely We are Best Aware of those most worthy to be burned therein. 71. There is not one of you but shall approach it. That is a fixed ordinance of thy Lord. 72. Then We shall rescue those who kept from evil, and leave the evil-doers crouching there. 73. And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Which of the two parties (yours or ours) is better in position, and more imposing as an army? 74. How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming! 75. Say: As for him who is in error, the Beneficent will verily prolong his span of life until, when they behold that which they were promised, whether it be punishment (in the world), or the Hour (of doom), they will know who is worse in position and who is weaker as an army. 76. Allah increaseth in right guidance those who walk aright, and the good deeds which endure are better in thy Lord's sight for reward, and better for resort. 77. Hast thou seen him who disbelieveth in Our revelations and saith: Assuredly I shall be given wealth and children? 78. Hath he perused the Unseen, or hath he made a pact with the Beneficent? 79. Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a span of torment. 80. And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he will come unto Us, alone (without his wealth and children). 81. And they have chosen (other) gods beside Allah that they may be a power for them. 82. Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents unto them.

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