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Sūrat Maryam

Section 17 of 17 · Surah Studies · Mufti Abdul Rahman Mangera

Do You Perceive One of Them?

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لِتُبَشِّرَ بِهِ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ وَتُنذِرَ بِهِۦ قَوْمًا لُّدًّا وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

“So We have made it (the Qur’ān) easy through your tongue, so that you give with it the good news to the God-fearing, and warn with it an obstinate people. And how many a generation We have destroyed before them! Do you sense (the presence of) any one of them, or hear from them even a whisper?” (19:97–98)

The address is again to the Prophet (peace be upon him). Many are the generations destroyed in the past for their wrongdoing; and the purpose here is once more to console him. He need not be troubled by them. Of those who went astray before, no trace remains: not a sound of them is to be heard. With this the sūrah closes.