Surah 20 · verse 51

Taha 20:51

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قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَىٰ

qala fa-ma balu al-qurun al-ula

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

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

Verse 48

إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْنَا أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.' "

Verse 49

قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَا مُوسَىٰ

[Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"

Verse 50

قَالَ رَبُّنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ

He said, "Our Lord is He who gave each thing its form and then guided [it]."

Verse 51

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَىٰ

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

Verse 52

قَالَ عِلْمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّي فِي كِتَابٍ ۖ لَّا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَلَا يَنسَى

[Moses] said, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets."

Verse 53

الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ

[It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various plants.

Verse 54

كُلُوا وَارْعَوْا أَنْعَامَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي النُّهَىٰ

Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed, in that are signs for those of intelligence.