28:78 qaala in-namaa uutiytuhuu 'Alaa 'Ilmin 'Indiy* a walam ya'Ålam an-nal-laaha qad ahlaka min qablihii minal quruuni man huwa ashad-du minhu quw-wataw wa aktharu jam'AA* wa laa yus-alu 'An dhunuubihimul mujrimuun

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
He said, "I got this only due to a knowledge I have"; and does he not know that before him Allah destroyed the generations who were stronger than him and more in number? And there is no questioning of the guilty regarding their sins.

Yusuf Ali:
He said: "This has been given to me because of a certain knowledge which I have." Did he not know that Allah had destroyed, before him, (whole) generations,- which were superior to him in strength and greater in the amount (of riches) they had collected? but the wicked are not called (immediately) to account for their sins.

Pickthal:
He said: I have been given it only on account of knowledge I possess. Knew he not that Allah had destroyed already of the generations before him men who were mightier than him in strength and greater in respect of following? The guilty are not questioned of their sins.