Surah 36 · verse 28

Ya-Sin 36:28

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وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِن بَعْدِهِ مِن جُندٍ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ

wa-ma anzalna 'ala qawmih min ba'dih min jund min as-sama' wa-ma kunna munzilin

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

Verse 25

إِنِّي آمَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَاسْمَعُونِ

Indeed, I have believed in your Lord, so listen to me."

Verse 26

قِيلَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ قَوْمِي يَعْلَمُونَ

It was said, "Enter Paradise." He said, "I wish my people could know

Verse 27

بِمَا غَفَرَ لِي رَبِّي وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ الْمُكْرَمِينَ

Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."

Verse 28

وَمَا أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ مِن بَعْدِهِ مِن جُندٍ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا كُنَّا مُنزِلِينَ

And We did not send down upon his people after him any soldiers from the heaven, nor would We have done so.

Verse 29

إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَامِدُونَ

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

Verse 30

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.

Verse 31

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

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