فَلَوْلَا So why not falawlā had been kāna of mina the generations l-qurūni before you min before you qablikum those possessing a remnant ulū those possessing a remnant baqiyyatin forbidding yanhawna from ʿani the corruption l-fasādi in fī the earth l-arḍi except illā a few qalīlan of those mimman We saved anjaynā among them min'hum But followed wa-ittabaʿa those who alladhīna did wrong ẓalamū what mā luxury they were given ut'rifū therein fīhi and they were wakānū criminals muj'rimīna
So why were there not1 among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.