So why were there not 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.
Tafseer
{ فلولا } فهلا { كان من القرون } الأمم الماضية { من قبلكم أولو بقية } أصحاب دين وفضل { ينهون عن الفساد في الأرض } المراد به النفي: أي ما كان فيهم ذلك { إلا } لكن { قليلا ممن أنجينا منهم } نهوا فنجوا ومن للبيان { واتبع الذين ظلموا } بالفساد وترك النهي { ما أترفوا } نعموا { فيه وكانوا مجرمين } .
Without Could was centuries Nations last by you Oulu rest owners of debt and preferred forbid corruption on earth to be its negation: what was in them that only but a little bit of those We saved them forbade Vnjua and the statement and follow those who wronged by corruption and is forbidden to leave the what Otervoa had enjoyed the and they were criminals.