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Surah Hud Verse 116

Quran 11:116 · Hud · Meccan · Juz 12

11:116

Arabic

فَلَوْلَا كَانَ مِنَ الْقُرُوْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ اُولُوْا بَقِيَّةٍ يَّنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْفَسَادِ فِى الْاَرْضِ اِلَّا قَلِيْلًا مِّمَّنْ اَنْجَيْنَا مِنْهُمْ ۚوَاتَّبَعَ الَّذِيْنَ ظَلَمُوْا مَآ اُتْرِفُوْا فِيْهِ وَكَانُوْا مُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝١١٦

Transliteration

Fa lau lā kāna minal-qurūni min qoblikum ulū baqiyyatiy yanhauna ‘anil-fasādi fil-arḍi illā qolīlam mimman anjainā minhum, wattaba‘al-lażīna ẓolamū mā utrifū fīhi wa kānū mujrimīn

Meaning

If only there were, among the generations before you, people with wisdom, who spoke against corruption on earth—except for the few whom We saved. But the wrongdoers pursued the luxuries they were indulged in, and thus became guilty.

Surah Hud verse 116 (Quran 11:116) is verse 116 of the 123 verses of Surah Hud (Hud), a Meccan surah that is number 11 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 12.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).