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Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 74

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وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَـٰثًا وَرِءْيًا
Wakam ahlakn a qablahum min qarnin hum a h sanu ath a than wariy a n
And yet, how many a generation have We destroyed before their time - [people] who surpassed them in material power60 and in outward show!
  - Mohammad Asad

Lit., "in property" or "abundance of property". In this context - as in the last verse of this surah - the term - qarn apparently signifies "people of one and the same epoch", i.e., a "civilization".

Don't they see, how many generations have We destroyed before them, who were far greater in riches and in splendor?
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
'Imagine, O Prophet' how many peoples We have destroyed before them, who were far better in luxury and splendour!
  - Mustafa Khattab
How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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