38:3 kam ahlaknaa min qablihim min qarnin fa naadaw walaata Hiyna manaaS

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
Many a generation We did destroy before them - thereupon they cried out whereas it is not the time to escape!

Yusuf Ali:
How many generations before them did We destroy? In the end they cried (for mercy)- when there was no longer time for being saved!

Pickthal:
How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!