فَلَوْلَا
كَانَ
مِنَ
ٱلْقُرُونِ
مِن
قَبْلِكُمْ
أُو۟لُوا۟
بَقِيَّةٍۢ
يَنْهَوْنَ
عَنِ
ٱلْفَسَادِ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلًۭا
مِّمَّنْ
أَنجَيْنَا
مِنْهُمْ ۗ
وَٱتَّبَعَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ظَلَمُوا۟
مَآ
أُتْرِفُوا۟
فِيهِ
وَكَانُوا۟
مُجْرِمِينَ
١١٦
If only there had been, among the generations before your time, people with a rem-nant of good sense, to forbid corruption on the earth! We saved only a few of them, while the unjust pursued the enjoyment of plenty, and persisted in sin.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem