20:128 a falam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknaa qablahum minal quruuni yamshuuna fiy masaakinihim* in-na fiy dhaalika la aayaatil liulin-nuhaa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
So did they not gain guidance from (knowing) how many generations We have destroyed before them, among whose dwellings they walk? Indeed in it are signs for men of intellect.

Yusuf Ali:
Is it not a warning to such men (to call to mind) how many generations before them We destroyed, in whose haunts they (now) move? Verily, in this are Signs for men endued with understanding.

Pickthal:
Is it not a guidance for them (to know) how many a generation We destroyed before them, amid whose dwellings they walk? Lo! therein verily are signs for men of thought.